Announcing New PHP Extension: FileConv

Happy Saturday, folks; I've finally gotten around to releasing my latest PHP extension (which was actually written about two years ago). Named FileConv, it adds native functions for converting back and forth between DOS, *NIX, and legacy MacOS file formats. It's compact, comes with a basic installer, and can convert a 1MB text file to/from any of the included formats in approximately one-tenth of one second. Unlike many versions that you could otherwise use from the command line, this library allows the file to retain its original timestamps, as well. I ran through some recursive directories of files with a test script, determining which files were text versus which were binary, detected the formatting of the text files, and converted to a different format at random (if Mac, go to DOS/*NIX, if *NIX, go to Mac/DOS, etc.). Approximately 1.5GB of files were scanned, detected, and translated, with a cost of 1 minute 24 seconds. You can read more about the library and download it yourself at http://links.parasane.net/n4c4 . After doing some code cleanup when I have time, the next step will be continuing with the process of getting it into PECL, as was initially planned two years ago. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/