Override default php function

Question

I have script wherein basename() is used 100-1000s of time, I was just thinking if we can override the function rather than changing the function name to someth

Answer 1

You can use namespaces to override existing function names:

namespace blarg;
function basename() {
  return 'whatever';
}
$base = basename();

I.e., any call to basename() within the blarg namespace will use your new version of the function.

Answer 2

An alternative would be runkit. But that's as unlikely to be enabled on most servers.

Answer 3

You can change the locale before calling basename:

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF8');

setlocale