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WordPress PHPXref – PHP Cross Reference

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If you’re coding in PHP a lot, PHPXref is one of the coolest tools available. It allows you to browse large portions of source code, and find where functions, variables and constants are defined and referenced.

As the PHPXref of WordPress I used to use isn’t available anymore, I decided a couple of weeks ago to build my own WordPress PHPXref, which you can find at xref.yoast.com.

I’ve made a video of how to use it, as it might not be so obvious at first sight:

If you think you’d like to use it but have questions left, feel free to ask, of course!

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14 Responses

  1. Train PicturesBy Train Pictures on 24 January, 2009

    PHPXref is an awesome tool. I use it all the time for WordPress, finding those functions which I can never remember.

    • Joost de ValkBy Joost de Valk on 24 January, 2009

      Yeah I love it too, can’t live without it anymore. I hope to have something cool for the PHP Xref & WordPress lovers soon, keep watching this space :)

  2. donnacha | WordSkillBy donnacha | WordSkill on 24 January, 2009

    Wow, fantastically useful, thanks.

  3. Walter VosBy Walter Vos on 24 January, 2009

    I always used this one: http://lab.yukei.net/wp-code/nav.html?index.html. But I’ll keep an eye out on yours as well now :-)

  4. davidBy david on 25 January, 2009

    I’m still skeptical that anything can help decipher the spaghetti that is wordpress ;)

  5. JohnBy John on 25 January, 2009

    Does xref.yoast.com provide any advantages over the “official” WordPress PHPXref?

    • Joost de ValkBy Joost de Valk on 25 January, 2009

      Yes, it has not only WP 2.7 but also other versions, and the “trunk” development version, which is updated every 30 minutes. Also, I’ve just added a simple search page, that should make searching through the code a whole lot easier.

      • JohnBy John on 25 January, 2009

        Awesome!

        Thanks for the work you put into this.

  6. LeviBy Levi on 29 January, 2009

    This is great! Thanks for all of the info.

  7. fayssalBy fayssal on 7 July, 2009

    fantastic! what about 2.8, coming soon?

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