New from Andi Gutmans' weblog today is a posting that asks the question - is there a good web-based help system for PHP?

I have been searching a lot for a decent help system for PHP applications. The idea is something similar to the Microsoft HTML Help (CHM) or Web help generated by Macromedia Robohelp. I'd be interested to hear more from people about what their thoughts are regarding this topic.

The following is a detailed list of requirements for such a system: it should be server-based so it can use PHP, it should look a lot like Microsoft's help systems (CHMs and MSDN docs), it should be able to group more than one DocBook, it should separate the document into a number of pages, it should have five navigation buttons (next,previous,forward,back,root), the left frame should be a navigation tree with a keyword listing above it, a search tab with the more "powerful search" abilities, the possibility to store bookmarks, context-sensitive help, back-linking, and be heavily styled with CSS.

Yes, it's a pretty exhaustive list, but you have to admit - it would make for one heck of a web-based help system. And, with the ability to export out to DocBook format (or the like), the possibilities are limitless...