[FX.php List] Just a tip

Fri May 4 06:54:49 MDT 2007

On the page it says that it doesn't require a connection; you might  
be thinking of an older one that used to be around... here's what the  
description states:

"* Fast lookup of any PHP function (no network connection required)"

Bob

On May 4, 2007, at 4:16 AM, Erik Andreas Cayré wrote:

>
> Den 04/05/2007 kl. 4.11 skrev Bob Patin:
>
>> Here's a link to a pretty nifty Dashboard widget that is a PHP  
>> reference tool:
>>
>> http://www.dashboardwidgets.com/showcase/details.php?wid=1584
>
> I have used that too. Just remember it is only for online use. It  
> has no offline copy of the PHP docs, using the official website  
> instead...
>
> I also use PHPfi. It's a great tool. It has AppleScript support for  
> looking up stuff from other apps, and includes small scripts for  
> BBEdit and Textmate...
> The Spotlight-like filtering/searching is nice, but limited since  
> it only has the function names... Since v.2 it can also cache user  
> contributed comments from php.net, very cool...
>
> I also sometimes use Chmox. http://chmox.sourceforge.net/
> It lets me read Windows-style help files on the Mac (.chm files).  
> The PHP manual is available for download in this format, and there  
> are of course tons of other files in this format available for many  
> subjects...
>
> Regarding my starting tip, many of you may not have noticed that I  
> was *not* referring to the (X)HTML markup validator at  
> validator.w3.org
> Instead I was referring to the Link checker at http:// 
> validator.w3.org/checklink
>
> BTW I do also check my markup(!), mostly indirectly via the  
> Webdeveloper Extension for Firefox (http://chrispederick.com/work/ 
> webdeveloper/).
> This extension is a truly great tool, highly recommended!
>
> It does not however feature an offline Validator. For that you  
> could use HTML validator (http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/ 
> index.html) as suggested by Kevin.
> Note that the most recent beta (0.8.x) apparently is not available  
> for Mac. It adds an SGML parser identical to the one used by w3.
> The version available fo Mac (0.7.x) only offers checks using HTML  
> Tidy (which isn't bad...!), so the results are not identical to  
> output from validator.w3.org
>
> /Erik
>
>>
>> On May 3, 2007, at 8:38 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> That looks like a nice tool. I'm often working offline on  
>>> airplanes or clients' locked-down environments where I don't have  
>>> public Internet access to reference php.net. This would be a big  
>>> help.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> On May 3, 2007, at 6:23 PM, Kevin Futter wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/5/07 10:55 PM, "Dale Bengston"  
>>>> <dbengston at preservationstudio.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I realize that, Kevin.
>>>>>
>>>>> With respect to the FX.php list, php.net is a good first  
>>>>> destination.
>>>>> It would take care of about 1/4 of the questions posed here;  
>>>>> perhaps
>>>>> more.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dale
>>>>
>>>> Indeed. It's a great resource, and one of PHP's major strengths.  
>>>> I wish all
>>>> web technologies were that well-documented. On the Mac I use a  
>>>> utility
>>>> called PHPfi ( http://artissoftware.com/phpfi/ ) that allows you  
>>>> to search
>>>> and navigate a local copy of the manual. I find it much more  
>>>> convenient than
>>>> the online version, and only wish there was a version for Windows!
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Kevin Futter
>>>> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
>>>> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
>>>>
>>>>
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