PHP 4.0 Bug #8882: Additional argument in funtion file($a, $b)

From: urs@circle.ch Operating system: PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Additional argument in funtion file($a, $b) 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 Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8882&edit=1