Doc #66154 [Opn]: http://us1.php.net/quickref.php not found

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66154&edit=1 ID: 66154 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported by: gary dot johnson dot 53 at gmail dot com Summary: http://us1.php.net/quickref.php not found Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: all PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Right, this list is the same as http://us1.php.net/manual/en/indexes.functions.php Just not using 3columns, and actually lists all functions and methods (correctly). The previous quickref list was based on filenames, which therefore was completely wrong for the vast majority of methods, and also missed a lot of functions (or methods) that are documented on the same page. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-23 21:26:34] gary dot johnson dot 53 at gmail dot com This : http://us1.php.net/quickref.php use to generate a 3 column listing of the most commonly called functions. you can see a snapshot at http://archive.org/web/ if your enter the url or I uploaded a screenshot to here http://garyjohnsoninfo.info/quickref.png I think I confused the issue with When quickref went away, I activated the Firefox PHP developer toolbar. Unfortunately, the quick ref search no longer works. Its unrelated Its really not that big a deal. I work in a bunch of languages. What I found helpful about the 3 column display was, often times I would review the list and I would be reminded, "That's what php calls it". ( as opposed to Javascipt, perl, python bash etc) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-23 20:49:12] bjori@php.net I am little bit confused of how you think quickref.php used to work. Are you talking about http://us3.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=strpo&scope=quickref for example? That is still available... The quickref.php functionality that was removed was the full filename listing of the manual, which was insanely unbearably slow ofcourse. The function index listing lists the same things, just using the documentation index file for *much* faster rendering along with the description of individual function - so is a drastic improvement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-23 12:33:35] gary dot johnson dot 53 at gmai dot com I personally would prefer this http://us1.php.net/manual/en/indexes.functions.php over search. One of the things I liked about the old quickref format is that it was easy to scan. Lets say you do both perl and php, or net and php or javascript and php. And you need string in string. In some languages its index or subst or the fantastic strstr or stristr. The function list is a pain to search for something like strings. The indexes.functions.php is really comprehensive, but, in my mind, not as useful as the original quickref for finding basic functions. I will probably not use more than 5% of the functions listed on indexes.functions.php. I used a substantially higher percentage of the items on the quickref. When quickref went away, I activated the Firefox PHP developer toolbar. Unfortunately, the quick ref search no longer works. Thanks for all the work. I would vote for keeping a version of quickref. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-23 00:55:34] bjori@php.net Would it be better if it redirected to http://us1.php.net/manual/en/indexes.functions.php ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-22 23:19:54] gary dot johnson dot 53 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ http://us1.php.net/quickref.php resolves to search It thought was a very useful page. Test script: --------------- http://us1.php.net/quickref.php Expected result: ---------------- goes to http://us1.php.net/quickref.php Actual result: -------------- http://us1.php.net/search.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66154&edit=1