Re: Overriding Default Functions

From: Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:07:44 +0000
Subject: Re: Overriding Default Functions
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I think runkit is what you're looking for. http://pecl.php.net/packages/runkit --Wez. On 11/15/05, Alan Cox <acox@broadwick.com> wrote: > Hello - > Is there a way to build an extension that overrides the default > behavior of a built-in PHP function? Would it be possible to add an > extension that removes a PHP function, so that I could redefine it in my > PHP code? > > What I want to do is override the time calculations. We are running > unit tests on a testing server that are dependent on time. For > instance, there is one behavior before the 15th of the month and another > one on or after the 15th. I'm not able to change the system time, since > this testing server is used by a lot of people. What I'd like to be > able to do is load a module in the unit test that makes it so that a > custom time() function is used. This time() function wouldn't look at > the system clock for the time. > > Thanks for your help. > Alan > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >

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