On Mar 28, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Jim Lucas wrote:
Daniel Brown wrote:
If you're like me, you spend your fair share of time going to
the PHP
website to check specs, changes, or even to refresh your brain
with PHP's
functions. So today I threw together a simple plugin for Firefox
2 that
will let you type in the name of the function and be brought right
to the
function page. Or, if you mistype it, it will provide suggestions.
How does it work so awesome? Because it uses the PHP search
engine and
Mozilla's OSD. All I did was whip it together as a plugin.
Download and installation instructions: http://isawit.com/
php_search.php
Hope it saves everyone a microsecond or two. We now return you
to your
regularly-scheduled, SPAM-filled inbox.
Since you mention FF, I will just add that this is possible without
using an extension.
And a plus, is that it is compatible with pre FF 2.x. Not all, but
most versions.
Open your bookmarks manager
In the 'Quick Searches' folder create a new bookmark.
In FF 2.x you don't have a 'Quick Searches' folder (at least I
didn't on a fresh install), don't worry. It will work from any
folder.
Just better to be a little more organized.
Enter the following information: (the key is the 'keyword' field)
Name: PHP.net
Location: http://www.php.net/%s
Keyword: php
Description: Type "php <search term>" in the addressbar to perform
a PHP.net search
Press 'Ok'
Close your bookmarks manager
Now, open a new tab, enter 'php date'
This should redirect you to the php.net website and display you
your results.
That's pretty cool, although I'll stick with Textmate's Ctrl-H on the
word in the editor to bring up the help docs in a mini-browser
instead of having to switch to FF while I'm editing.
erik jones <erik@xxxxxxxxxx>
software developer
615-296-0838
emma(r)
