New from Dynamically Typed today, Thomas Rutter (subbing for Harry) has a new posting today about methods to Access the PHP Manual, Quickly.

If you have a memory like mine, you probably find yourself consulting the PHP manual frequently, in one way or another. I find myself repeatedly re-visiting certain pages in the PHP manual. For example, I frequently have to look up the string format for the date function, the order of the arguments in functions such as in_array and strpos, and how to use the $_FILES array when handling file uploads.

What it boils down to, is that for one reason or another I frequently need access to the PHP manual to look up little details.

He gives several alternatives to just using the regular online manual, including: the quick reference tips for accessing it under things like IE, the addition of a new search bar in Firefox, the Windows CHM version of the manual (Help file), as well as the script that was developed to enable command-line access to PHP manual entries.

If anyone else can suggest some other free resources for querying the PHP manual, or free PHP quick references, please feel free to suggest them!