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Request #67682 Usability needs to be improved
Submitted: 2014-07-25 03:26 UTC Modified: 2015-01-05 23:56 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:3.8 ± 1.6
Reproduced:3 of 4 (75.0%)
Same Version:2 (66.7%)
Same OS:1 (33.3%)
From: chris at cgsmith dot net Assigned: aharvey (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Website problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-07-25 03:26 UTC] chris at cgsmith dot net 
Description:
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Trying to assist a customer in troubleshooting a Windows install (i know... they insisted) I found the PHP.net very hard to navigate.

Documentation was great, but the issues were mainly with Apache not working correctly with PHP.  I had problems finding binaries or ZIPs for Windows and also getting to the bugs page.  I found myself going to google and including `site: php.net` in with my searches just to find what was needed (distribution downloads in one case).

Typing `windows` in search did nothing as the search is primarily geared towards the language, I think.

What do people think about improving the PHP.net site to look and function more like python.org?

I know it was just given a face lift too!

(Barricades myself against couch for barrage of hate)

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 [2015-01-03 12:59 UTC] jacob@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Verified
 [2015-01-03 12:59 UTC] jacob@php.net 
> I had problems finding binaries or ZIPs for Windows and also getting to the bugs page.

For what it's worth, http://windows.php.net might be a worthy bookmark for you. :)

> Typing `windows` in search did nothing as the search is primarily geared towards the language, I think.

Initially the search performs against the PHP manual. However on the right hand side is a link that takes your search string and runs it through a site search - https://s3.amazonaws.com/shares.jacobbednarz.com/PHP__Manual_Quick_Reference.png

Perhaps we need to look at a way of:

- Making that link more predominant OR
- Including a section from the site search under the functions section.
 [2015-01-05 23:56 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Verified +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey
 [2015-01-05 23:56 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
I'm going to call this closed, actually, since the downloads page now links to windows.php.net once again.
 
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