[PHP] Core function names as class methods

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Just a quick query regarding any possible implications of naming a class method the same as a PHP function (PHP5), other than potentially confusing client code.

e.g. Logger::log() named the same as PHP's log().

As far as I can see there aren't any problems with something like that, but was after some confirmation.

 

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Thanks for the reply. The code is only going to be interacted with by my fellow developers, so syntax won't be a problem (I hope!). I guess context is important too - a method called log() in a class with mathematical functionality would be more confusing than one dealing with logging of messages.

I agree it's better to avoid it if possible, just sometimes it's nicer to use a 'natural' function name than an alternative one dug out of the thesaurus.

 

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Definitely, that makes a lot of sense. I hadn't really considered it that way.
The doSomething() style of function description is the convention I normally follow, but I was tempted by the snappiness of log() in this case. A name like writeLog() it will be .