aliases.php

This file is included globally.  It contains any functions which exist only to shorten the names of other functions (aliases).  It serves to make code less verbose for making calls to static methods which are used globally.  Not all aliases need to go in here, just the ones that are used globally.  In these functions, there should be no additional logic whatsoever.  They should just call another function and pass through all the arguments.  All alias names should start with an underscore.