[wp-hackers] Re: Request new function: get_plugininfo()

[Christian Barmala]

Sean Hickey wrote on 15.08.2006 20:55:
>  I'd like to request that a new function be added to WordPress. I need to find out the path to my plugin's directory, and many times the URL to my plugins directory.

Is there also a function to get info about OTHER plugins. E.g.
get_plugininfo('fooPlugin', 'version'). I consider to write a plugin,
which depends on other plugins and maybe a specific version of this
other plugin. Is there a way to find out?

Christian