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====== Creating PHP function list file ======
Since new functions could be added to PHP, or old function parameters changed, you may want to create your own function reference list to use with omni-completion in Vim.

  - download the multi html documentation file from php.net
  - unarchive the file
  - inside the html folder, run this:<code>
for i in `ls -1| grep "^function\."`; do grep -A4 Description $i >> funcs; done
</code>
  - open the 'funcs' file in vim
  - run<code>
:g/Description/normal! 5J
</code>
  - to remove html tags, run<code>
:%s/<[^>]*>//g
</code>
  - remove the 'Description' and leading spaces, run<code>
:%s/^\s*Description\s*//g
</code>
  - to create the dictionary, run<code>
:%s/^\([^[:space:]]\+\) \([^[:space:]]\+\) ( \(.*\)/\\ '\2(': '\3) returns \1',/g
</code>
  - remove all non-dictionary lines, run<code>
:%s/^[^\\]*\n//g
</code>
  - FIXME add the other necessary items, such as removing dollar signs and correct the ending parenthesis issue on some lines; then show how to finish the file and what to name it and where to put it; I'm doing the following in a new window and then executing it on the func file<code>
:g/Description/normal! 5J
:%s/<[^>]*>//g
:%s/^\s*Description\s*//g
:%s/^\([^[:space:]]\+\) \([^[:space:]]\+\) (\(.*\)/\\ '\2(': '\3) returns \1',/g
:%s/^[^\\]*//g
:%s/^\n//g
:%s/))/)/g
:%s/' /'/g
:sort
:sort u

(we still need to fix a few bugs and clean up &amp; and &quot; values, maybe fixing open ['s too)

it looks like the file should be called php.vim, and placed in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/
</code>