> Hi all, > > I'm making an effort to clean up the streams code ready for release. > I've already commited some docs to the phpdoc repository that will > aid extension developers use streams. > > However, there is more to streams than simple file IO; the new > wrapper system provides a much richer set of operations. For example, > stat and opendir are routed through the wrapper subsystem, which > means that it is possible for a lot of filesystem functions to > obtain information about remote files. > > I've put the infrastructure in place, but now I need your help: > I need people that know the protocols to implement the stat and > readdir functionality for FTP and HTTP. > > I'd like to see the remote file stat capability stuff in place > for the 4.3 release: readdir is slightly more involved, so I can > wait for that. > > FTP: > ==== > From the code already written for the ftp wrapper, I can see > how to determine the file size, but I don't know how to determine > things like ctime and file type. > For opendir/readdir, we need to enumerate/list files and folders > in a dir. > > HTTP: > ===== > Again, we need to determine file size and change time. > This seems quite easy - just do a HEAD request and parse the > relevant headers. > For readdir, I think we might need to implement a very simple > DAV client? Opinions please! > > I'm looking for 2 volunteers, one for FTP and one for HTTP, > to actually write the code - it's not much code to write, > you just need to have a clue about the protocols ! :-) >
Wez, This seems like an ideal time to me to start working on the bundling of cURL into PHP, no? -Sterling > --Wez. > > -- > Wez Furlong > The Brain Room Ltd. > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
