AGLEE  I entered "read" in the search field, hit Return, and got the documentation for hw_root(). So it seems there is some work to do.

I haven't explored the User Notes feature, but it looks like it could be an interesting innovation. Otherwise, I don't see any reason to switch from the excellent PHPfi (search MacUpdate for "php function index"). It is free for non-profit users and cheap for everyone else.

PHPfi is snappier than PHPQuickReference, since it doesn't do any HTTP round trips. It displays a live updating list of matching terms, and it supports substring searches instead of requiring you to enter an exact match for the whole term like PHPQuickReference does. Substring searches are very useful when you don't know the exact spelling of something, or for doing a concept-based search (for example, entering something like "ascii" or "sql" to find matching function names).

I am not affiliated with the author of PHPfi.  
(Version 0.6)

ANAME  This is wicked fantastic!  
(Version 0.6)

ANONYMOUS  I wish the UI behaved just like apple's dictionary widget. But it's only v.0.1 so... ;)  
(Version 0.1b)

KARL BECKER  I agree, very good idea, and the implementation is very smooth so far. Possible improvements (since this is 0.1, after all!) :

- allow scrolling with a mouse's scroll wheel

- resizable (maybe just vertically, or maybe both along the x and y axes)

- user comments would be very nice... maybe make it a check-markable option? or within another pane? (that may be strange looking though)

Good job for a 0.1 though!  
(Version 0.1)

JOHN  Great little widget - could have used this sooner :) Much better than the other PHP lookups that just launch a search from your browser because it opens up a panel with the function details.

I would like to see the ability to link to the page as well though, since sometimes the user-comments on the PHP site are very handy.  
(Version 0.1)

IAN WEIR  This is a great little widget!

Very straightforward, and easy to use.

I actually started coding something similar to this last night, because I really wanted one for my own use.. I must say though, that I was not very successful.

Lucky for me, you have written this awesome little widget. A couple things that could use some tweaking, however.

First, making it resizeable would be a VERY nice feature to have.

Second, I can't look up some functions. ob_start() and mysql_query() tell me there is no response from the server, yet include() and preg_match() do. Is there a reason for this?  
(Version 0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Great Work,

If you could make it resizable it would be awesome!  
(Version 0.1)