Override default php function

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 something else in all scripts.

The proble开发者_高级运维m with basename() is that it doesnt works well with names of files in foreign languages. I found one on php site http://php.net/manual/en/function.override-function.php but it needs PECL any other alternative?

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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.

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

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You can change the locale before calling basename:

setlocale(LC_ALL, 'en_US.UTF8');

setlocale