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meander
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what are these features and how do i use them?

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mouseover them and read their descriptions.
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Bulletin Board tags (or BB tags). They are basically a security replacement for plain HTML but work the same. Click on those one of the buttons, then type some text, then click on it again. Then hit preview and see what happens. The buttons themselves are pretty self-explanatory.
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Post by meander »

[php_man]date()[/php_man]

like that?
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sorta.. except you might want to leave the () out of the search. :)
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Post by m3mn0n »

Something like "[php_man]date[/php_man]()" is what I always have been using for referencing functions.

Yeah you need to leave out the parenthesis because the php.net site will not forward you to the right page with those in the URL. But it is good to leave them beside the name of the function to indicate that it is indeed a php function manual page you're linking to.
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Post by meander »

what is big search, and phuse search, and what does the mailing list search do?
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Post by m3mn0n »

Give them a go and see.
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Post by meander »

hmmmmm ok lets see....

[mail_search]test[/mail_search]

[phuse]phuse[/phuse]

[big_search]large[/big_search]

mailing list thing didnt work, phuse looks like a google clone and big search spit out some lines of text...
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Post by m3mn0n »

Yep. Just as I thought they would. ;)
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