PHP docs are an underrated gem. They get several things right: 1. Individual pages for each function. 2. Clear examples for common usecases. 3. Explicit docu

PHP docs are an underrated gem. They get several things right: 1. Individual pages for each function. 2. Clear examples for common usecases. 3. Explicit documentation for input and return types. 4. The quick search is amazing - it prioritizes library reference over other pages. 5. Clean and useful references to related methods. The user submitted notes were a big positive a decade ago - they highlighted common gotchas, workarounds, and surprising alternatives, but have gotten dated over time (kinda like SO answers). But the voting mechanism attempts to keep them in check. Compare https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-contains.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-contains.php to the tiny one paragram you get at https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.find https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str.find (which then redirects most users to a far more confusing explanation about the in operator https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#membership-test-operations https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#members...