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Really like this. Simpler than searching PHP documentation if only needing to know something quickly. Nice idea :)

Thanks!

I like how it underlines whether it's CSS or PHP too :P, and the link to the source at the bottom. Very handy little tool. Did it take long to make?

It took a bit to extract all the necessary data the right way, and some little things like getting the back button to work correctly held me up.

I assume by the "back button" you are referring to the text saying "Voke" on each page?

I wouldn't have clicked it until looking for a back button. Might be worth leaving it as text, and maybe placing a back button to the left of it? Personally I think something similar to the back button in Windows Phone would look nice. Something like the button here: http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/dynimg/IC505392.png

I was referring to just the standard browser back button, ha. I'm using the HTML5 history API for this, and the back button was causing recursion problems. That said, I know what you mean, and that could be a good idea.

Ah, so I see. It's good to know you got it working though!

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