Comments on: php.net Does the Google Suggest Thang

By: tim maffett

tim maffett — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:43:07 +0000

Google suggest is the 'blatant imitator' here... PHP.net started using the function type-ahead suggestions about a year ago, before Google suggest existed, (as currently mentioned on the front PHP.net page in dec27 comment). Quote: 'The function list suggestions we started to test a year ago seemed to be working better as some bugs were found and fixed, so it was time to make the result available on all php.net pages.' More info here: http://php.net/search.php

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 02:21:18 +0000

Yah, same here… I think the only functions I can keep memorized in PHP for any length of time longer than a month is ‘count’, and ‘explode’, even though I forget what explode actually does… I think the name just sounds fuggin cool!

By: zeh

zeh — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 02:07:31 +0000

Actually… VERY COOL. Since PHP.net has a limited list of functions, they’re all built-in and there’s no delay in updating the list as you’d expect from a querying system (like google). I could notice it takes a few seconds to load, but after that, it’s real fast. Very, very nice. I’m the kind of guy who always forgets the correct function name on php (I only use it once in a while), this makes finding the right one really easier. :)