Helpers and Other Conventions

Another way to solve reserved keywords might be through pluralization. Since directories are containers, they can be made plural. And since namespaces represent a structure of directories (although not most of the time), they can made plural:

PHP Code:

//Helpers/Array.php. Yes, the filename is singular.
namespace Helpers\Arrays; //Plural namespace.
function elements()
{
  return [];
} 


PHP Code:

//SomeFile.php
Helpers\Arrays\elements();
Helpers\Files\read(); 


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