Ways to alias a method on a class.

non-static.php

<?php
/**
 * Ways to alias a method on a class.
 * 
 * Methods are in order of least preferred (top) to most preferred (bottom). Code style, not performance, is taken into account.
 */
Class Program {
	
	const SECONDS = 1;
	const MICROSECONDS = 2;
	public function wait($length,$type=self::SECONDS) {
		//This does something...
	}
	
	
	
	
	
	/**
	 * Implement an alias via the __call override
	 */
	public function __call($name, $arguments) {
		if ($name === 'rest') {
			return call_user_func_array(array($this,'wait'),$arguments);
		}
		//etc
	}
	
	/**
	 * Alias of wait, hardcoded
	 */
	public function sleep($seconds,$type=self::SECONDS) {
		return $this->wait($seconds,$type);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Alias of wait using variable parameters (Before 5.6)
	 */
	public function nap() {
		return call_user_func_array(array($this,'wait'),func_get_args());
	}
	
	/**
	 * Alias of wait using PHP 5.6 variadic functions
	 * http://php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.variable-arg-list
	 */
	public function hold(...$params) {
		return $this->wait(...$params);
	}
	
}

static.php

<?php
/**
 * Ways to alias a STATIC method on a class.
 * 
 * Methods are in order of least preferred (top) to most preferred (bottom). Code style, not performance, is taken into account.
 */
Class Program {
	
	const SECONDS = 1;
	const MICROSECONDS = 2;
	public static function wait($length,$type=self::SECONDS) {
		//This does something...
	}
	
	
	
	
	
	/**
	 * Implement an alias via the __call override
	 */
	public static function __callStatic($name, $arguments) {
		if ($name === 'rest') {
			return call_user_func_array(array(get_called_class(),'wait'),$arguments);
		}
		//etc
	}
	
	/**
	 * Alias of wait, hardcoded
	 */
	public static function sleep($seconds,$type=self::SECONDS) {
		return static::wait($seconds,$type);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Alias of wait using variable parameters (Before 5.6)
	 */
	public static function nap() {
		return call_user_func_array(array(get_called_class(),'wait'),func_get_args());
	}
	
	/**
	 * Alias of wait using PHP 5.6 variadic functions
	 * http://php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php#functions.variable-arg-list
	 */
	public static function hold(...$params) {
		return static::wait(...$params);
	}
	
}