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Show HN: Namespaced PHP functions to fix inconsistencies in the PHP language

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19 pointsnkkollaw5 comments

Would it work to override [1] inconsistent functions with consistent versions?

Good link but probably better to keep build-in functions alone, since many many libraries use them and expect them to be a certain way.

\PHP\function_name() is fine IMHO.

Maybe also normalise error handling?

Some functions simply return null on an error and some throw.

That's not a bad idea, but I wonder if deviating too much from PHP (besides naming) would create confusion.

If you see..:

    htmlenties()

versus:

   \PHP\html_entities()

...you assume \PHP\html_entities() works the same as `htmlenties()`