Is it possible to create a function in PHP called "echo"?
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2182743/can-i-override-the-php-built-in-function-echo">Can I override the PHP built-in function echo()?</a>  </p>
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<p>In languages such as Python, "echo" is not a language construct. Is it possible to shadow the built-in "echo" construct in PHP and implement a function like this:</p>

<pre><code>function echo($value) {
    return $value;
}
</code></pre>

<p>Here is the error message:</p>

<pre><code>PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'echo' (T_ECHO), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or '('
</code></pre>
