Re: Search for the documentation

The PHP manual online is searchable. If you are reading the HTML version on your local machine, doesn't your browser have "find"? Jeremy Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "LINUX is obsolete" -- Andy Tanenbaum, January 29th, 1992 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.JEEP-FOR-SALE.com/ -- I need a buyer Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Jamie wrote: > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:50:44 +0800 > From: Jamie <jssmith@echidna.stu.COWAN.EDU.AU> > To: PHP <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: [PHP] Search for the documentation > > I'm one of those ppl who find it hard to sit and read documentation > especially manuals like the PHP one - presented HTML with no inbuilt search > functions. Being a fairly novice programmer and more of a designer I'm not > even that familiar with the programming terms to figure out what sections to > find what I'm looking for. > Sooo > -has anyone written a PHP search script for the documentation. I'd like to > be able to be able to do it similar to the windows (or most other) find box > where it will sort through all the pages until it hits the string I'm after > then if that's not it I can hit next and go onto the next matching string > that it finds... I guess what I'm thinking of would have to run in a framed > html [search at top and manual at bottom] but any other suggestions would be > welcomed. > > Jamie > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >