[RESOLVED] PHP Function Tag

(Apologies if this has been asked before.)

I often link to manual pages for functions in the PHP documentation. They use a very straightforward URL schema.
Is it possible that we could add a [phpfunc] tag that automatically creates this link?

For example:

Yes you can do this, refer to the [phpfunc=mail]mail() documentation[/phpfunc].

to produce the effect of:

Yes you can do this, refer to the [url=php.net/manual/en/function.mail]mail() documentation[/url].

It would be something like

<a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.{option}" title="PHP: {option} - Manual">{param}</a>

Pretty please? :)


- P


P.S. The only downside to this is that they use - instead of _ in their URLs, but that is only a minor annoyance to remember when typing out the tag.

It seems to me that typing in PHPFunc and an option ends up being as much work as simply typing in the URL. What is gained using a vBulletin Code?

Brad!

Not a lot - I am just lazy. :D


We could do them for .NET classes as well in the MSDN documentation. I believe they also use a straightforward naming scheme.

System.Web.HttpRequest => http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.aspx (/System.Web.HttpRequest.aspx also works)


Just a thought.

Let me think about it..... :) Something for VB would make a lot more sense on this forum.

Brad!

If it gets abused, it goes away:
[.PHPdef=mail]mail()[./PHPdef] == mail()

Thanks! :)

mail() - I don't see how it can be abused. But thanks :)