I used to have a really simple and effective php manual that I could put on my desktop that had, among other things, a very elegant function reference. It listed all of the php functions, grouped by type, with description and how they worked. If I had a brain fade I could look up substr(), for instance and make sure of the ordering of the arguments. (That's just a sample, I don't have to look that one up very often, but...)
Going online and looking for that now I find only manuals with "function reference" listings of such abstruse things "human language and encoding functions" which include functions with names like "enchant()" and "FriBiDi()" that I would not recognize if they fell on me.
Is there still the sort of elementary php function that searches a string for a given character? Is there a manual that lists those functions for stupid people like me, in groups like "string functions" and "math functions" etc.? Can somebody point me to a downloadable copy of it?
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If you use recent chm manual from php net, you may type 'String functions' in index and find the page listing all string functions. Otherwise it's located under Text Processing / Strings in the function reference.
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I've got a copy like that, the name it has is php_manual_en.chm and it's a compiled HTML help file.
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I've got a copy like that, the name it has is php_manual_en.chm and it's a compiled HTML help file.
Hth
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Thanks. I do see the string functions, finally and I daresay sufficient exploration will find other types of functions. The manual I had before was vastly more simple and easier to use. I wish I could find it again.
Do "chm" files not run on Windows 7, perhaps? I downloaded it and it more or less runs. That is to say the menu window loads, but the information window has a "failed to load" message.
Do "chm" files not run on Windows 7, perhaps? I downloaded it and it more or less runs. That is to say the menu window loads, but the information window has a "failed to load" message.
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You have to 'unblock' the file. Right-click, select 'properties' and there should be a button called unblock.Bill H wrote: Do "chm" files not run on Windows 7, perhaps? I downloaded it and it more or less runs. That is to say the menu window loads, but the information window has a "failed to load" message.
This screenshot is from Vista, but I guess Windows 7 has something similar:
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Got it. Win 7 is same. Thank you.