When and where should you call the fakeColumnNamesForORM() function in PHP?

When working with an ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) system in PHP, you may encounter a situation where the column names in your database table do not match the property names in your PHP class. To handle this discrepancy, you can create a function called fakeColumnNamesForORM() that maps the database column names to the corresponding property names in your class. This function should be called before any ORM operations to ensure that the correct column names are used.

function fakeColumnNamesForORM($columnName) {
    $columnMap = [
        'db_column_name' => 'property_name',
        // Add more mappings as needed
    ];

    if (isset($columnMap[$columnName])) {
        return $columnMap[$columnName];
    }

    return $columnName;
}

// Call fakeColumnNamesForORM() before any ORM operations
// Example:
$propertyName = fakeColumnNamesForORM('db_column_name');