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Subject: suggestion SplFileInfo 
From: info@adaniels.nl (Arnold Daniels)

Hi,

I've got a few feature suggestions for SplFileInfo and 
DirectoryIteratorRecursive. I'm creating yet another php file manager. 
I've noticed that I needed to add quite some code to make it act the way 
gnome nautilus does. I believe these feature would be a good addition.

SplFileInfo:
 - Add parameter $flags to constructor. The flags are passed to any 
fileinfo object created.
 - Add flags FOLLOW_LINK_ALWAYS, FOLLOW_LINK_EXISTS, FOLLOW_LINK_NEVER 
for the constructor. Functions as getPerms and getOwner will look at 
this setting.
 - Add getBasename, to get the basename of either a dir or file.
 - Function getLinkTarget, does readlink($this->getPathname())
 - Function getRealpath, does realpath($this->getPathname())
 - Function getOwnerName and getGroupName
 - Function isHidden, to check wether a file is hidden
 - Functions getTypeInfo and getMime, to get info of the file using libmagic
 - Function setDirInfoClass, set a info class specially for directories

DirectoryIteratorRecursive:
 - Add flag DIRS_ONLY for the constructor, to only loop through directories
 - Add flag WITHOUT_HIDDEN_FILES for the constructor, not to loop 
through hidden files
 - Function getFileCount

If you like these features, but don't have time to implement them, I can 
see if I can write a patch. I'm quite new at writing PHP extensions, but 
I know the basics.

Best regards,
Arnolds