Title: Alternative to rename_function in php7.3
Tags: php;function;rename
Question: I need to use ```rename_function``` into php7.3 under Debian 10 Buster.
I'm trying to install apd library but when I run the install command I receive the following error:

```# pecl install apd

pear/apd requires PHP (version &gt;= 5.0.0RC3-dev, version <= 6.0.0), installed version is 7.3.6-1+0~20190531112735.39+stretch~1.gbp6131b7
No valid packages found
install failed
```

Is there any alternative to ```rename_function``` in php7.3?

Comment: [That extension](https://pecl.php.net/package/apd) is abandoned since 2004 so you need a PHP version around that age.

Comment: Thanks. Is there any alternative to `rename_function` in php7.3?



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