[PHP-DOC] #19640 [Opn->Bgs]: Too many docs mirrors - Yes, I think it's a bug. From: goba <email protected>
Date: 09/28/02

 ID: 19640
 Updated by: goba <email protected>
 Reported By: bsdpunk <email protected>
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
 Bug Type: Documentation problem
 Operating System: ALL
 PHP Version: 4.2.3
 New Comment:

First of all, we cannot correct this. Second think about PHP codes. If
you would like to find HTML pages using the lenght JS property, would
you search for ":.length" in google. No. Because JS content is not
indexed. The same stands for PHP codes. As far as I see approximately
95% of PHP code available on the net is distributed in compressed
files, or only available after authentication (phpclasses for example).
So searching for a function name, counting on google to return PHP
source code results is quite bad direction.

Previous Comments:
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[2002-09-27 15:33:44] bsdpunk <email protected>

If I try to find others' examples of a particular function by searching
google for that function, I get HUNDREDS of pages that are nothing more
than mirrors of the documentation, which I have ALREADY READ (its the
first place I go when I need help with a function).

This just plain sucks. I appreciate having faster places to read the
documentation, but for christs sake, sometimes I just want to look at
others' code because thats how I learn.

I know soneone is going to get angry and say this is not a bug, but to
me, its an annoyance of such proportion that it should be considered a
bug.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ask doc-mirrors to not allow googlebot to crawl
thier mirror as it's extremely frustrating.

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