Quick manual lookup

To quickly look up a PHP function go to php.net/strlen

Manual Notes

At the bottom of every page of the online manual you will find user-contributed notes. There is usually a lot of good information (and some bad) in these notes.

Searching

The search box at the top of the page can be used to search the manual, entire site, mailing lists or the bug database.

short cuts

Use Alt-S to move your cursor to the search box quickly, or on the manual pages you can use Alt-L to jump to the function lookup field.

Show me the code!

Every page of the site has a show source link at the bottom so you can see the PHP source behind that page.

Use a mirror

In the bottom right corner you will find a mirror sites link. Please choose a mirror near you. As a general rule, each country will have a number of mirror sites named .php.net. For example, de.php.net, de2.php.net, kr.php.net, kr2.php.net.