Index: branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/globals.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r15137 -r15246
--- branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 15137)
+++ branches/5.2.x/core/kernel/globals.php	(.../globals.php)	(revision 15246)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: globals.php 15137 2012-03-04 08:06:21Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: globals.php 15246 2012-03-27 11:51:06Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -677,6 +677,17 @@
 			return $path;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Calculates the crc32 polynomial of a string (always positive number)
+	 *
+	 * @param string $str
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public static function crc32($str)
+	{
+		return sprintf('%u', crc32($str));
+	}
 }
 
 /**