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PHP function reference in XML

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, some things have been consuming my time. I do have time for a quick post now, though. ;)

I recently wrote a quick and dirty script that retrieves some useful information from the PHP manual docbook files. It parses the function reference documents, to be precise, and it compiles the data into a ‘convenient’ XML file.

The XML file was for someone who wanted to integrate PHP function lookup into his IRC bot. But other than that, I have no particular use for it. So might as well publish it on the blog. :)

The file is here. I suggest not clicking that link, unless you want your browser to render 1.5 MB of XML data. Download it some other way, instead.

The documentation is copyrighted by the PHP Documentation Group, but you are free to use it under the terms of the Open Documentation License. Have fun!


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