On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:56, Richard Riley <rile...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:39, Richard Riley <rile...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 06:41, Richard Riley <rile...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hannes Magnusson <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 21:03, Richard Riley <rile...@googlemail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Could some kind soul advise me on how to install php docs localy and
>>>>>>> have the excellent patterns search work based on an sqllite database?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://wiki.php.net/doc/phd/view
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just as a side note on this informative thread (and to anyone else that
>>>>> comes across it in google), the instructions there dont actually install
>>>>> any of the manual so no look ups / function searches work at all. I'll
>>>>> look into it in more detail later. I'll head over to
>>>>
>>>> Sure it will. You just need to read the page, which has a very clear
>>>> requirement.
>>>>
>>>> If you can't follow it then http://php.net/mirroring could be a
>>>> simpler approach for you.
>>>>
>>>> -Hannes
>>>
>>> I'm not sure it will at all, since they dont show you how to install the
>>> phd_php part or inform you that you need to. For a beginner thats a
>>> hurdle enough. You are probably too familiar with it to notice
>>> this. Result:
>>>
>>> ,----
>>> | phd -d doc-base/.manual.xml -o output_dir -f php -P PHP
>>> `----
>>>
>>> falls over.
>>>
>>> Fortunately that was correctly documented elsewhere and was pointed out
>>> to me in the php.docs list you recommended.
>>>
>>> https://doc.php.net/phd/docs/ : installation via pear.
>>>
>>> Also, I *think*, the instructions there are in addition to mirroring
>>> since the mirroring line doesnt include the manual subdir : so both sets
>>> are required and you symbolically link to your phpdoc configuration (or
>>> so it seems from the instructions).
>>>
>>> IMO, and with the benefit of being totally new to this and trying to use
>>> the docs, It's not clear from the pages if this phpdoc config is in
>>> addition to or superceded by the mirroring rsync line.
>>
>> I'd appreciate if you could update the wiki with your experience to
>> help people coming after you
>>
>> -Hannes
>
> I would love to but dont think its a good idea until I am more familiar
> - blinded in the headlights,  a lot might be me doing the headless chicken
> routine. I will come back to it at a later date however when I have it
> working locally and I fully understand the components and the
> processes.

Doing it afterwards will ensure that you forget about it :)

Atleast write down your wtfs and todos, so someone can go after you
and answer the questions.

-Hannes

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