How to Substitute a PHP-Function?

[ThomasH]

Hi,

How can I substitute e.g. date() with my own date() function without modifying the sourcecode?

Background: I want to add the ability to apply a time-offset for date() and so I have to create a wrapper-function which calls the real date() with my offset.
I'm working on an application which is used from several countries and I wan't each call of date to be correct automatically.

Thomas

[fuji]

Here's the way i would do this:

function customdate($format,$timestamp)
{
	/*
		This function takes the same arg's as the regular date()
		function, but allows us to return a date that is correct
		based on user's timezone.

	$usertimeoffset is the var that holds the user's timezone
	such as -5, -8, +1, (which means -5:00 GMT, -8:00 GMT, +1:00 GMT).

	$servertimezone is the timezone that the server is in....
*/	
global $usertimeoffset;

$tmptime = $timestamp + ($usertimeoffset - $servertimezone) * 3600;
//the return line could even include the math, but some say that isn't good... ;)
return date($format, $tmptime);

}

Hope this helps 🙂

[devarticles]

you would have to use fuji's code or something simular. then place it in a file called functions.php and tell apache to run it with every file, that way you can call it when ever you like