Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Tim Streater <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >wrote: >> On 09 Oct 2012 at 20:46, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> For example your previous post, you >>> could have just looked up what the 'echo' and 'return' statements do >>> in the PHP manual, and they are probably explained pretty OK in >those >>> books you own too. You probably could have answered the questions >you >>> posted here yourself, after reading PHP manual carefully. >> >> Here, the phrase "PHP manual" means: >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ >> >> which I consider to be an excellent written resource for the >language. In fact, I own no PHP books at all (whereas I do for >JavaScript/HTML/CSS/SQLite) so that must say something about the >quality of the on-line documentation. Further, it is written in a >straightforward way, not trying to be clever (unlike some languages I >could mention), so I can recommend it. It's available in languages >other than English, too. >> >> -- >> Cheers -- Tim >> > >Thanks Tim! Should have mentioned the URL indeed. >Don't forget that if you want to find the manual page for a function >fast, try >http://www.php.net/<function name> >where <function name> is the name you're looking for, so for example >for return, you could use >http://www.php.net/return >And there ya go, PHP manual page for return! > >- Matijn > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php It also has the option to integrate as a search engine option within your browser too, so you can search right from the search bar without having to go to the site first; a feature I use all the time. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
