[xd]

I've never really understood the incessant need to replicate idioms from other languages on top of the already existing idioms in PHP.

[niteshade]

Incessant? I suppose it is, the language is in real need of it.

[xd]

I've been using PHP for over 12years now. I even attempted what you are doing once, but via an extension, but quickly realised I was simply complicating things in some misguided attempt to fix which wasn't broken.