The most useful PHP bookmarklet
Posted on: October 8, 2008
- In: PHP
- 3 Comments
One of my most used bookmarks is this wee gem:
http://nz.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=%s
In Firefox, it set up this bookmark with the keyword ‘php’*.
This lets me type ‘php function name‘ into the address bar and takes me straight to the manual page for that function.
For example, for the date() function, I can just type
php date
and go straight to the date() manual page (http://nz.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php)
Simple and so, so handy
*You need to use the bookmark manager to do this
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3 Responses to "The most useful PHP bookmarklet"
June 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Hi Richy,
Good point
Also just typing something like “php strreplace” in the firefox address bar also gets Google doing it’s magic and forwarding you straight to the relevant PHP function reference page, so you still may be able to save those 4 characters of typing 🙂
June 16, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Or you can change the search box : (ie by default the ‘google’ search box) just add a new ‘search engine’ to the list that points to php.net. This gives you auto-complete too.
paul bennett 
June 2, 2009 at 6:24 am
I find just using php.net/ is just as quick with my typing speed: it’s just 4 characters longer and no need to set anything up. I do really really love that function of the PHP website.