Attached is a patch and corresponding test file
I would like to submit for inclusion in PHP.
I would like this patch to be included in PHP 5.2.1,
as it is entirely new code (and thus shouldn't cause
regressions), but as RC2 was just released earlier
today, I understand if it must wait until PHP 5.2.2.
Looks good, and I'm +1 on inclusion, however new functionality is
(generally) limited to minor version bumps, not patch level releases.
This means that your new functionality needs to wait until 6.0 (or the
still to be decided 5.3 version).
-Sara