I am trying to use the rename_function() override_function() options that are built into the APD php extension. But I don't want to rely on that extension being loaded.
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This is another one of my out-of-the-box ideas that presents me with the thought to override the require_once function. During this function call, I want to check for the existence of the same file in another path. If it exists then require that one.. otherwise just do normal require once.
If I use the APD extension it works fine with this:
function require_once_new($file) { $modfile = str_replace(ROOT.'/', ROOT.'/'.MODS.'/', $file); if (file_exists($modfile)) { require_once_orig($modfile); } else { require_once_orig($file); } }
so if original file is: /home/public_html/site/includes/page.php I want to check if /home/public_html/site/mods/includes/page.php exists first and load the one I want.
I am overriding the require_once function because I am adding this to an existing framework and don't want to have to update it in all locations. This would make it completely dynamic so that all require_once calls will check for existence of the file in the other path.