diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 417df3b..d24a8b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## v1.2.0 (2015-01-12)
+
+- add u::strwidth() to get the width of a string when printed on a terminal
+- add more mbstring shims
+- add a note about https://bugs.php.net/65358
+- fail properly when COM is not loaded
+- fallback on stat() when lstat() fails
+
 ## v1.2.0-beta (2014-08-05)
 
 - add best-fit mappings for UTF-8 to Code Page approximations
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a30bfbc..e194a17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ server even if one or more of those extensions are not enabled:
 - *utf8_encode, utf8_decode*,
 - `mbstring`: *mb_check_encoding, mb_convert_case, mb_convert_encoding,
   mb_decode_mimeheader, mb_detect_encoding, mb_detect_order,
-  mb_encode_mimeheader, mb_encoding_aliases, mb_internal_encoding, mb_language,
-  mb_list_encodings, mb_strlen, mb_strpos, mb_strrpos, mb_strtolower,
+  mb_encode_mimeheader, mb_encoding_aliases, mb_get_info, mb_http_input,
+  mb_http_output, mb_internal_encoding, mb_language, mb_list_encodings,
+  mb_output_handler, mb_strlen, mb_strpos, mb_strrpos, mb_strtolower,
   mb_strtoupper, mb_stripos, mb_stristr, mb_strrchr, mb_strrichr, mb_strripos,
-  mb_strstr, mb_substitute_character, mb_substr*,
+  mb_strstr, mb_strwidth, mb_substitute_character, mb_substr, mb_substr_count*,
 - `iconv`: *iconv, iconv_mime_decode, iconv_mime_decode_headers,
   iconv_get_encoding, iconv_set_encoding, iconv_mime_encode, ob_iconv_handler,
   iconv_strlen, iconv_strpos, iconv_strrpos, iconv_substr*,
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ Some more functions are also provided to help handling UTF-8 strings:
 - *isUtf8()*: checks if a string contains well formed UTF-8 data,
 - *toAscii()*: generic UTF-8 to ASCII transliteration,
 - *strtocasefold()*: unicode transformation for caseless matching,
-- *strtonatfold()*: generic case sensitive transformation for collation matching
+- *strtonatfold()*: generic case sensitive transformation for collation matching,
+- *strwidth()*: computes the width of a string when printed on a terminal,
 - *wrapPath()*: unicode filesystem access under Windows and other OSes.
 
 Mirrored string functions are:
diff --git a/class/Patchwork/PHP/Shim/Mbstring.php b/class/Patchwork/PHP/Shim/Mbstring.php
index 040df1f..d299c4d 100644
--- a/class/Patchwork/PHP/Shim/Mbstring.php
+++ b/class/Patchwork/PHP/Shim/Mbstring.php
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
  * - mb_decode_mimeheader    - Decode string in MIME header field
  * - mb_encode_mimeheader    - Encode string for MIME header XXX NATIVE IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY BUGGED
  * - mb_convert_case         - Perform case folding on a string
+ * - mb_get_info             - Get internal settings of mbstring
+ * - mb_http_input           - Detect HTTP input character encoding
+ * - mb_http_output          - Set/Get HTTP output character encoding
  * - mb_internal_encoding    - Set/Get internal character encoding
  * - mb_list_encodings       - Returns an array of all supported encodings
+ * - mb_output_handler       - Callback function converts character encoding in output buffer
  * - mb_strlen               - Get string length
  * - mb_strpos               - Find position of first occurrence of string in a string
  * - mb_strrpos              - Find position of last occurrence of a string in a string
@@ -33,28 +37,23 @@
  * - mb_strrichr             - Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another, case insensitive
  * - mb_strripos             - Finds position of last occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
  * - mb_strstr               - Finds first occurrence of a string within anothers
+ * - mb_strwidth             - Return width of string
+ * - mb_substr_count         - Count the number of substring occurrences
  *
  * Not implemented:
- * - mb_convert_kana               - Convert "kana" one from another ("zen-kaku", "han-kaku" and more)
- * - mb_convert_variables          - Convert character code in variable(s)
- * - mb_decode_numericentity       - Decode HTML numeric string reference to character
- * - mb_encode_numericentity       - Encode character to HTML numeric string reference
- * - mb_ereg*                      - Regular expression with multibyte support
- * - mb_get_info                   - Get internal settings of mbstring
- * - mb_http_input                 - Detect HTTP input character encoding
- * - mb_http_output                - Set/Get HTTP output character encoding
- * - mb_list_mime_names            - Returns an array or string of all supported mime names
- * - mb_output_handler             - Callback function converts character encoding in output buffer
- * - mb_parse_str                  - Parse GET/POST/COOKIE data and set global variable
- * - mb_preferred_mime_name        - Get MIME charset string
- * - mb_regex_encoding             - Returns current encoding for multibyte regex as string
- * - mb_regex_set_options          - Set/Get the default options for mbregex functions
- * - mb_send_mail                  - Send encoded mail
- * - mb_split                      - Split multibyte string using regular expression
- * - mb_strcut                     - Get part of string
- * - mb_strimwidth                 - Get truncated string with specified width
- * - mb_strwidth                   - Return width of string
- * - mb_substr_count               - Count the number of substring occurrences
+ * - mb_convert_kana         - Convert "kana" one from another ("zen-kaku", "han-kaku" and more)
+ * - mb_convert_variables    - Convert character code in variable(s)
+ * - mb_decode_numericentity - Decode HTML numeric string reference to character
+ * - mb_encode_numericentity - Encode character to HTML numeric string reference
+ * - mb_ereg_*               - Regular expression with multibyte support
+ * - mb_parse_str            - Parse GET/POST/COOKIE data and set global variable
+ * - mb_preferred_mime_name  - Get MIME charset string
+ * - mb_regex_encoding       - Returns current encoding for multibyte regex as string
+ * - mb_regex_set_options    - Set/Get the default options for mbregex functions
+ * - mb_send_mail            - Send encoded mail
+ * - mb_split                - Split multibyte string using regular expression
+ * - mb_strcut               - Get part of string
+ * - mb_strimwidth           - Get truncated string with specified width
  */
 class Mbstring
 {
@@ -408,6 +407,68 @@ static function mb_strstr($haystack, $needle, $part = false, $encoding = INF)
         else return substr($haystack, $pos);
     }
 
+    static function mb_get_info($type = 'all')
+    {
+        $info = array(
+            'internal_encoding' => self::$internal_encoding,
+            'http_output' => 'pass',
+            'http_output_conv_mimetypes' => '^(text/|application/xhtml\+xml)',
+            'func_overload' => 0,
+            'func_overload_list' => 'no overload',
+            'mail_charset' => 'UTF-8',
+            'mail_header_encoding' => 'BASE64',
+            'mail_body_encoding' => 'BASE64',
+            'illegal_chars' => 0,
+            'encoding_translation' => 'Off',
+            'language' => self::$language,
+            'detect_order' => self::$encoding_list,
+            'substitute_character' => 'none',
+            'strict_detection' => 'Off',
+        );
+
+        if ('all' === $type) {
+            return $info;
+        } elseif (isset($info[$type])) {
+            return $info[$type];
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static function mb_http_input($type = '')
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    static function mb_http_output($encoding = INF)
+    {
+        return INF !== $encoding ? 'pass' === $encoding : 'pass';
+    }
+
+    static function mb_strwidth($s, $encoding = INF)
+    {
+        $encoding = INF === $encoding ? self::$internal_encoding : strtoupper($encoding);
+
+        if ('UTF-8' !== $encoding && 'UTF8' !== $encoding) {
+            $s = iconv($encoding, 'UTF-8//IGNORE', $s);
+        }
+
+        $s = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x19]/', '', $s);
+
+        preg_replace('/[\x{0020}-\x{1FFF}\x{FF61}-\x{FF9F}]/u', '', $s, -1, $narrow);
+
+        return (iconv_strlen($s, 'UTF-8') << 1) - $narrow;
+    }
+
+    static function mb_substr_count($haystack, $needle, $encoding = INF)
+    {
+        return substr_count($haystack, $needle);
+    }
+
+    static function mb_output_handler($contents, $status)
+    {
+        return $contents;
+    }
 
     protected static function getSubpart($pos, $part, $haystack, $encoding)
     {
diff --git a/class/Patchwork/Utf8/Bootup/mbstring.php b/class/Patchwork/Utf8/Bootup/mbstring.php
index 0af741b..6b6be91 100644
--- a/class/Patchwork/Utf8/Bootup/mbstring.php
+++ b/class/Patchwork/Utf8/Bootup/mbstring.php
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ function mb_strrichr($s, $needle, $part = false, $enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring:
 function mb_strripos($s, $needle, $offset = 0, $enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring::mb_strripos($s, $needle, $offset, $enc);};
 function mb_strrpos($s, $needle, $offset = 0, $enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring::mb_strrpos($s, $needle, $offset, $enc);};
 function mb_strstr($s, $needle, $part = false, $enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring::mb_strstr($s, $needle, $part, $enc);};
+function mb_get_info($type = 'all') {return s\Mbstring::mb_get_info($type);}
+function mb_http_output($enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring::mb_http_output($enc);}
+function mb_strwidth($s, $enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring::mb_strwidth($s, $enc);}
+function mb_substr_count($haystack, $needle, $enc = INF) {return s\Mbstring::mb_substr_count($haystack, $needle, $enc);}
+function mb_output_handler($contents, $status) {return s\Mbstring::mb_output_handler($contents, $status);}
+function mb_http_input($type = '') {return s\Mbstring::mb_http_input($type);}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index dc5c3c1..e06e85c 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         "lib-pcre": ">=7.3"
     },
     "suggest": {
+        "ext-wfio": "Use WFIO for UTF-8 filesystem access on Windows",
         "ext-intl": "Use Intl for best performance",
         "ext-iconv": "Use iconv for best performance",
         "ext-mbstring": "Use Mbstring for best performance"
diff --git a/tests/Patchwork/Tests/PHP/Shim/MbstringTest.php b/tests/Patchwork/Tests/PHP/Shim/MbstringTest.php
index 8f18ac1..fce58ad 100644
--- a/tests/Patchwork/Tests/PHP/Shim/MbstringTest.php
+++ b/tests/Patchwork/Tests/PHP/Shim/MbstringTest.php
@@ -247,4 +247,14 @@ function testmb_encoding_aliases()
         $this->assertSame(array('utf8'), p::mb_encoding_aliases('UTF-8'));
         $this->assertFalse(p::mb_encoding_aliases('ASCII'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers Patchwork\PHP\Shim\Mbstring::mb_strwidth
+     */
+    function testmb_strwidth()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame( 2, p::mb_strwidth("\0実") );
+        $this->assertSame( 4, p::mb_strwidth('déjà') );
+        $this->assertSame( 4, p::mb_strwidth(utf8_decode('déjà'), 'CP1252') );
+    }
 }