Is there a way to overload php's _() gettext operator

Question

I have a PHP application with tons of lines and gettext calls such as _("some text")

Is there a way to overload this _("") operator to perform some runtime checks? Something like:

function _($argument) {

    $result = _($argument); // this would be the non-overloaded _()

    /* perform some checks or logging */

    return $result;
}

Answer 1

Namespacing perhaps:

namespace myUnderscore;

function _($argument) {
    $result = \_($argument); // this would be the non-overloaded _()
    /* perform some checks or logging */
    return strrev($result);
}

$argument = 'gazebo';
echo _($argument) . PHP_EOL; // call overloaded _()

echo \_($argument) . PHP_EOL; // call non-overloaded _()