File bug and Mime_Mail extension

a problem with "File::readAll( remote file )" on a remote file: the method File::_getFilePointer checks the following // Check it exists

           if (FILE_MODE_READ == $mode AND !file_exists($filename)) {
               return PEAR::raiseError('File does not exists: ' . $filename);

but file_exists doesnt work on remote files, as i need it to extend the Mail_Mime class to work with remote files too. what i am planning is to use the following in the Mail_Mime class: File::readAll( $filename ) instead of the current $fd = fopen( $filename ) fread( $fd , filesize($filename) ); // here filesize doesnt work on remote files but neither works yet :-( or - i had once written a pear-compatible file class which simply abstracts all file-functionality and makes it work on remote files as well, shall this one be commited too? http://www.kriesing.de/showsource.php?domain=wolfram.kriesing.de&file=/libs/php/File/Common.php it has the methods: open( $file, string $mode) close([ int $fp ]) readLine() exists( $file) copy(string $fileFrom, string $fileTo) getSize( $file) &readEntireFile(string $file, [ string $mode ]) writeEntireFile(string $filename, string $content) isRemote(string $file) writeLine() and each method works on local and remote files phpdoc is at http://wolfram.kriesing.de/libs/php/docs/File_Common.html -- Wolfram ... translating template engine .... http://sf.net/projects/simpletpl ... authentication system .... http://sf.net/projects/auth