DevDocs does not list the exact match

[mytskine]

Steps to reproduce

• I search for rand within PHP (meaning I type "PHP[tab]rand").
• DevDocs displays many functions whose name contains "r", "a", "n", and "d", from array_rand toReflectionClass::markLazyObjectAsInitialized.
• DevDocs does not list rand, which is an official PHP function and the exact match for my search.
• I could not find a way to display the doc page for rand.

What I would expect

• The exact match should always be in the results.
• The search should prefer the functions whose name starts with rand.
• Or at least, prefer the functions whose name contains "rand" to those where the letters are split.
• As an alternative, an advanced search syntax would be useful:
  • ^rand
  • "rand" for whole matches

[spamguy]

Search accuracy is actually not the problem here. Seemingly nothing from https://www.php.net/manual/en/funcref.php is being scraped. I will take a look.

[spamguy]

...Well. DevDocs uses downloaded PHP docs for parsing, because the website cracks down hard on scrapers. But https://www.php.net/download-docs.php says no docs are available for download. I don't know if this is a short- or long-term limitation, but my hands are tied until I can download a copy.