Question

This is a bit of a crazy idea, but would there be a way to bootstrap all the functions that php have without using a helper function to call the functions.

What I mean is actually calling some code or function before and after every basic function call.

Example:

<?php echo 'Hello'; ?> 

But these functions would be called before echo and after echo:

<?php function pre_echo() {   do_something(); }  function post_echo() {   do_something_else(); } ?> 

Answer 1

‘Bootstrapping’ is not the correct term here – what you want to do is called Aspect-oriented Programming, and yes, it can be done in PHP. However, it seems to require substantial changes to the way you normally use PHP.