Add support for @, magic constants in PHP web search
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Description
The php.net website REALLY needs to be "fixed" (?) / enhanced
to make it easier (or even possible) to SEARCH for non-textual items
(non-alphanumeric), or textual items that contain non-alphanumeric characters.
For example, I just spent WAY too many minutes trying to find help
on the "At Sign" (@) prefix 'Error Control Operator'.
Or good luck finding help on "++", or "FILE",
or any of the other MANY items like them.
It's pretty ridiculous, really.
This has been a problem for DECADES. (afaik)
I would have thought it would have been corrected decades ago.
— Bill D.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or search entry point. Start by locating the php.net web search implementation and how queries containing @, ++, and FILE are tokenized or indexed. Done means those examples, along with similar non-alphanumeric PHP terms, can be found reliably.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- documentation, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100