# PHP5 extensions: using existing functionnames as method

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/25668
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/25668
- Started by danhen@email.de on 2006-09-13T17:54:25+00:00
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## #25668 — danhen@email.de — 2006-09-13T17:54:25+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/25668#25668

>Solution: Change "string_functions" to "NULL" in zend_module_entry.
Thanks! You rescued my extension. Now I can finish and test the class. 

> > […]
>There's nothing special about these macros except for the specific 
>function prefix you assign them.  Any particular reason you're using them?

As I wrote, I've looked around existing extensions which redefine function names 
(SPL and zip) and there I found those Macro-Definitions and thought this could be
the solution.

> > […]
>It's common practice to use all uppercase for TSRM macros.  Not really 
>an issue, but worth a mentiCONFORM!!!!! YOU MUST CONFORM!!!! :)

Actually I don't know where this come from and why it's in.
I don't have any globals. ext.skel? Copied from somewhere? Don't know.

If there is any interest in OO-Representation of primitive types let me know,
So I could release them as PECL-extension.

Daniel

BTW Can anyone explain, why the mailservice I'm using is producing such a
crap in the subject and what could be done to prevent this for future posts?

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## #25671 — Sara Golemon — 2006-09-13T18:15:16+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/25668#25671 · In reply to: #25668

> As I wrote, I've looked around existing extensions which redefine function 
> names
> (SPL and zip) and there I found those Macro-Definitions and thought this 
> could be
> the solution.
>
Fair enough....I must not have read that in my review of the thread...

> > […]
> Actually I don't know where this come from and why it's in.
> I don't have any globals. ext.skel? Copied from somewhere? Don't know.
>
ext_skel would have upper-cased it for you when you ran the script... but 
yeah, no big since you're not using extension globals anyway... Just some 
cruft to clean out....

> If there is any interest in OO-Representation of primitive types let me 
> know,
> So I could release them as PECL-extension.
>
Ah yes, that was one thing I was also going to mention.   Using 
primitive/common names is discouraged for non-core extensions (at least the 
ones we release on pecl.php.net and can exercise some amount of control 
over).  For an answer to why: Refer to Steph's summary of the Date Wars 
(pear in that case, but the same concept applies).

-Sara