diff --git a/file.php b/file.php
index 6bc5c19..642bc3a 100644
--- a/file.php
+++ b/file.php
@@ -226,6 +226,33 @@ class file
     return filemtime ($filename);
   }
 
+  /** Get the file size
+    * @param string $filename Path to the file
+    * @return the size of the file or FALSE on failure.
+    * @throws If parent directory not exists, is not writeable
+    */
+  public function filesize ($filename)
+  {
+    $this->debug (2, "filesize ($filename)");
+    $filename = $this->realpath ($filename);
+    $this->checkPathRO (dirname ($filename));
+    return filesize ($filename);
+  }
+
+  /** Get the file info of the provided filename
+    * @param string $filename Path to the file
+    * @return the mimetype of the file
+    * @throws If parent directory not exists, is not writeable
+    */
+  public function fileinfoMimeType ($filename)
+  {
+    $this->debug (2, "filesize ($filename)");
+    $filename = $this->realpath ($filename);
+    $this->checkPathRO (dirname ($filename));
+    $finfo = new \finfo (FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
+    return $finfo->file ($filename);
+  }
+
   /** Return the current working directory
     * @return string the current working directory */
   public function getcwd ()