Bug #8882 Updated: Additional argument in funtion file($a, $b)

ID: 8882 Updated by: jimw@php.net Reported By: urs@circle.ch -Status: Open +Status: Duplicate Bug Type: Feature/Change Request PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 New Comment: this is a duplicate of #5008. (same problem, slightly different proposed solution.) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-01-24 07:49:41] urs@circle.ch dear all very often the following expression is being used in applications using file manipulation (specially treating XML contents): $cont = join ("", file ("test.xml")); ... i would like to propose an addtional attribute in the argument list of the function file(). lets consider that: $cont = file ("test.xml", FALSE) or $cont = file ("test.xml") would be equivalent to: $cont = file ("test.xml") and on the other hand: $cont = file ("test.xml", TRUE) would be equivalent to: $cont = join ("", file ("test.xml")) the second argument would therefore represent an attribute, which let one specify not only to return an ARRAY (attribute=FALSE, default) but also a STRING (attribute=TRUE). adding this argument would not affect older or current implementations or usage of the function file(). what do you think about this? best regards, urs -- Urs Gehrig <urs@circle.ch> http://www.circle.ch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=8882&edit=1