Re: php_error_docref

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Dan Kalowsky wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Marcus [iso-8859-1] Börger wrote: > > > The point is to be able to direct to external sites not on php.net! For > > example > > when a function is just a wrapper around a library then you can use the > > absolute > > form of the docref parameter > > ("http://<site>") to point to the library's > > website. > > Okay thats a point I hadn't thought of. Though I'm not sure why we'd be > referencing outside sites. Can we then change the CODING_STANDARD > example to NOT use the php.net website? Hopefully stopping anyone from > using it as a reference to any php-specific documentation, and only for > external sites. Do you think this will help the lost PHP script writer? For example, the cURL extension is really just a wrapper around libcurl. If they get an error on curl_setopt() do you really want to direct them to the C API docs on the cURL site? I think it should always point to the php.net manual; external sites won't help the PHP script writer with their PHP code. From the PHP manual they can go to library website if need be. My $.02. --Ricky