resolved https://github.com/ManiaControl/ManiaControl/issues/22 (added isHiddenFile method)

core/Files/BackupUtil.php

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ abstract class BackupUtil {
 		}
 
 		$time = date('y-m-d_H-i-s');
-		if(defined('PHP_UNIT_TEST')){
+		if (defined('PHP_UNIT_TEST')) {
 			$time = date('y-m-d_H-i');
 		}
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ abstract class BackupUtil {
 		}
 		$useBaseFileNames = !empty($baseFileNames);
 		while (false !== ($file = readdir($folderHandle))) {
-			if (substr($file, 0, 1) === '.') {
+			if (FileUtil::isHiddenFile($file)) {
 				// Skip such .files
 				continue;
 			}

core/Files/FileUtil.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace ManiaControl\Files;
 
 use ManiaControl\Logger;
 use ManiaControl\Utils\Formatter;
-use ManiaControl\Utils\SystemUtil;
 use ManiaControl\Utils\WebReader;
 
 /**
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ abstract class FileUtil {
 		foreach ($directories as $directory) {
 			$dir = new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator(MANIACONTROL_PATH . $directory);
 			foreach (new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir) as $fileName => $file) {
-				if (substr($fileName, 0, 1) === '.') {
+				if (self::isHiddenFile($fileName)) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				if (!is_writable($fileName)) {
@@ -227,4 +226,14 @@ abstract class FileUtil {
 
 		return $className;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if a File is Hidden
+	 *
+	 * @param $fileName
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function isHiddenFile($fileName) {
+		return (substr($fileName, 0, 1) === '.');
+	}
 }

core/Maps/DirectoryBrowser.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use FML\Controls\Quads\Quad_UIConstruction_Buttons;
 use FML\Controls\Quads\Quad_UIConstructionBullet_Buttons;
 use FML\ManiaLink;
 use FML\Script\Features\Paging;
+use ManiaControl\Files\FileUtil;
 use ManiaControl\Logger;
 use ManiaControl\ManiaControl;
 use ManiaControl\Manialinks\ManialinkManager;
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ class DirectoryBrowser implements ManialinkPageAnswerListener {
 		$mapFiles = array();
 		$dirFiles = scandir($directory);
 		foreach ($dirFiles as $fileName) {
-			if (substr($fileName, 0, 1) === '.') {
+			if (FileUtil::isHiddenFile($fileName)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			$fullFileName = $directory . $fileName;

core/Plugins/PluginManager.php

@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class PluginManager {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$reflector = new ReflectionClass($pluginClass);
-		$className = $pluginClass;
+		$reflector      = new ReflectionClass($pluginClass);
+		$className      = $pluginClass;
 		$splitNameSpace = explode('\\', $pluginClass);
 		if (is_array($splitNameSpace)) {
 			$className = end($splitNameSpace);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class PluginManager {
 		}
 		$pluginFiles = scandir($directory);
 		foreach ($pluginFiles as $pluginFile) {
-			if (substr($pluginFile, 0, 1) === '.') {
+			if (FileUtil::isHiddenFile($pluginFile)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 

core/Utils/WebReader.php

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ abstract class WebReader {
 		}
 		return $response;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new cURL Request for the given URL
 	 *