ID: 41182 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: uttam at hotpop dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Irrelavant PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment:
It's tough to do it nicely, perhaps you can create a partial mockup of the layout? One of the troubles is it can't be too wide, and must be easy to find extensions. This comes up from time to time but no decent solution has been found. There will be a time when we have 1000 PECL extensions so perhaps by then we'll be forced to solve this problem for good :-) One of the proposed solutions is to have people choose their extensions but IMHO that is not a solution. By default all extensions will be listed, and most people don't know what extensions to list and/or would be missing out on some goodies later. But then again when there are 1000 PECL extensions we can't list them all within the sidebar. See how complicated this gets? :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-04-25 05:28:51] uttam at hotpop dot com Yes, I think a similar grouping scheme would be useful. However, the line spacing was too much on the page http://in.php.net/manual/en/extensions.php, due to which you have to scroll a lot. We can continue listing the functions in the Function Index. But let me clarify, I have not referred to the Function Index in my earlier post. I have refered to the section "Function Reference" in Table of Contents on page http://www.php.net/manual/en/. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-04-25 05:12:32] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you feel it would be useful to have categories like the following: http://php.net/manual/extensions But for the Function Index list the functions too? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-04-25 05:05:18] uttam at hotpop dot com Description: ------------ Hi, The list of functions under section "Function Reference" in PHP Manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/) has grown too long. The list is sorted alphabetically, due to which many similar categories appear at very different place in TOC. Here are a few examples" 1. ".NET Fuctions" and "COM and .NET Functions" 2. "ClibPDF Fucntions", "Haru PDF Functions", and "PDF Functions" 3. "DOM XML Functions", "libXML Functions", and "SimpleXML Functions" 4. "String Functions" and "Multibyte String Functions" 5. "Image Functions" and "Exif Functions" I think we should group the functions categories under different sections such as "Database", "Mail","Imaging" etc. This would make it easier to browse or search for a particular function. The word "Functions" can also be omitted from each category because it is obvious. If creating sections is not feasible, we can atleast rename the categories so that similar functions appear togather. For example the cateogry "Multibye String Fuctions" can be renamed to "String Functions - Multibye" so that it appears togather with the category "String Fuctions" in TOC. Thanks & Regards, Uttam Shukla Bangalore, India Reproduce code: --------------- NA Expected result: ---------------- NA Actual result: -------------- NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41182&edit=1
