[RESOLVED] PHP Function Tag

[penagate]

(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.

[brad jones]

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!

[penagate]

Not a lot - I am just lazy.


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.

[brad jones]

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

Brad!

[brad jones]

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

[penagate]

Thanks!

[visualAd]

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