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Lookup PHP functions with AJAX

phpfunctions.nfshost.com — You just type the first bit of a PHP function at this website and it gives you the argument list, short description and verison number. Really useful for PHP developers.

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  • darwin2kx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Entirely useful. This tool kicks.. Excellent spot!
  • tacker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0First usefull AJAX application of 2006. Thanks alot.
  • illynova, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now if only php.net can add this functionality we'll be all set.

    PHP Suggest, anyone?
  • quasimystery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Its a bit more forgiving than PHP Suggest, you can type in the middle of the function as well and you can miss out underscores.
  • Beanlover, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0First/Another step towards an AJAX PHP IDE?
  • jarod42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It'd be cool if it somehow showed the sections the links were in.
    I can't tell you how many times I've been like "I know this function, but that's not exactly what I want. I just can't remember what it is..." and gone to look at, like, the Arrays section.
  • matsiescruff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0now this is really useful. i like it.
  • _jinx_, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0First/Another step towards an AJAX PHP IDE?

    Not sure, the goal for Web Dev's should really be to standardize AJAX and get the Base Object Model down for it, also a clean approach to the issues!
  • senzafine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's a good proof of concept. But this should be built into an ide if you want code completion. Alot of php ides even have integrated help that open the man page.

    Also, remember you can always do php.net/function_name and it'll take you right to the man page.

    (no digg - too similar to other ajax auto complete demos)
  • olegk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very useful. I wish somebody makes a good open-source IDE with that kind of functionality.
  • farfromrest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like it, but i use Zend at work and it does the same thing.
  • etblomquist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice.
  • MrNate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Much like the CF QuickDocs for coldfusion: http://www.techfeed.net/cfQuickDocs/
  • compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very sweet.
  • _jinx_, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0@MrNate:

    Not to bash you at all, but Coldfusion could possibly be one of the worst Server Side Scripting Langauges Created. So any tool, ide, application made for it is a complete waste of time in my eyes!
  • panic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Very nice tool, but I personally won't be replacing good ol' http://php.net/. Still, +DIGG
  • DonWilson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I did this a long ass time ago. Lame.
  • rojaro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://php.net/
    e.g just type "php.net/substr" in browser location bar and press enter ... or in FF create new bookmark, assign php keyword and put "http://php.net/%s" as URL and click ok ... now just type "php substr" in location bar ...
  • buckaroo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome. A bonus would be tab completion to cycle through the possibilities.
  • wbailey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How is this useful? I still have to go to php.net to get the real information. Once again, just another useless AJAX application.
  • kelyar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0just another useless ajax sample
    nothing can beat php.net )
  • tempusrob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cute, but my IDE does that as I type.
  • andreizilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How is this usefull? I still think using http://php.net/function_name is more usefull. The PHP site also searches for functions if it can't find the one tou're looking for.
  • infectedRoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow. totally useless and hard to get the info you really need.

    going to php.net/whateverthefunctionnameormoduleis is much easier.... and better.
  • bazilio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0useless. i prefer php.net/whatever
  • drewjoh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I type in "date" and it gives me a bunch of functions, but no date()
  • xile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wonderfully fast!
  • stevoie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the idea is that if you only remember a part of the function name then the page will display all the closest matches. you can't do that with website: php.net/PartialFunctionName.
    plus its handy when u're not using a IDE to write the PHP code.
  • stevoie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0actually i'm talking out my ass!! the website does offer suggested matches
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