Re: Docs: php.ini vs. parse_ini_file()
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Kris Craig <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just noticed something that I hadn't really thought about before. I
> couldn't remember the name of the function for parsing INI files so I did a
> quick search. It took me straight to the page for php.ini directives. I
> had to select "online documentation" from the dropdown and try again, this
> time navigating down to the third result.
>
> Not overly cumbersome, of course, but I started thinking that maybe this
> could be more difficult for someone who might be newer to PHP. I also
> tried a Google search for 'php ini' (no quotes) to see what I'd get, and
> the first 15 results (all of the first page and the top half of the second)
> were for php.ini stuff. The 16th result was finally the parse_ini_file()
> function. A lot of newbies in particular use Google as their first stop
> when trying to find PHP functions for doing stuff, so this could give some
> people the impression that PHP doesn't even have an INI parsing function.
>
>
> Of course, most of this we really have no control over, but I would like to
> propose adding a link to parse_ini_file() on the php.ini man pages (perhaps
> something along the lines of, "Are you looking for....?"). I can make the
> edits myself but I'd like to see what y'all think first.
>
I don't understand why on earth your are mailing the PHP *internal
developer mailinglist* with this matter?
If you have any improvement suggestions for the documentations:
https://edit.php.net
-Hannes
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