nice example of magic _call method in php

theShell.php

<?php

class theShell{ 
  public function __call($command, $arguments) {
    exec($command.' '.implode(' ', $arguments), $out, $returnCode);
    echo implode("\n", $out);
    return $returnCode;
  }
}

// get all commands as nice methods
$myShell = new theShell();
$myShell->ls('-l');