phpMan — Unix Man Page / Perldoc / Info Page Web Interface

A single-file PHP web interface for Unix man, perldoc, info, and apropos commands. Read lengthy manual pages in your browser — with syntax highlighting, section navigation, and a floating TOC sidebar.

Project Home

• SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpunixman
• Live Demo: https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php
• Static Site: https://phpunixman.sourceforge.io/

⚠️ SourceForge no longer supports PHP (since 2025-05-20). The dynamic demo runs on chedong.com; the sourceforge.io site is a static project introduction page.

Screenshot

Features

• Man Pages — Browse any Unix/Linux manual page by section
• Perldoc — Read Perl module documentation in-browser
• Info Pages — View GNU info documentation
• Apropos Search — Full-text search across man page summaries
• TOC Sidebar — Two-level floating table of contents for navigation
• Markdown Output — Append /markdown to any URL for machine-readable format
• SEO Optimized — Canonical URLs, meta description, robots directives
• Clean URLs — PATH_INFO routing: /man/ls/1

Check Out Source Code

HTTPS (read-only)

git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/phpunixman/code phpman

SSH (developers)

git clone ssh://chedong@git.code.sf.net/p/phpunixman/code.git phpman

Quick Start

Deploy phpMan on any PHP 8.x server with a single file:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/phpunixman/code phpman

# Copy to your web server's document root
cp phpman/phpMan.php /var/www/html/

# Access in browser
# https://your-server/phpMan.php

For Apache 2.x, ensure AcceptPathInfo On is configured to enable clean URL routing.

Publish Updates

1. Commit and Push to SourceForge Git

git add phpMan.php
git commit -m "description of changes"
git push origin master

2. Update Live Demo (chedong.com)

scp phpMan.php chedong.com:~/chedong.com/phpMan.php

⚠️ Do not overwrite index.php — only update phpMan.php.

3. Update Static Site (SourceForge project web)

scp index.html chedong@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/phpunixman/htdocs/index.html

The index.html is a static project introduction page with screenshot and a demo link pointing to chedong.com/phpMan.php.

4. Upload Release

Upload the compressed archive and README to SourceForge File Release System:

gzip -k -f phpMan.php
scp phpMan.php.gz README.md chedong@frs.sourceforge.net:/home/frs/project/phpunixman/

README.md will be rendered below the file listing on the Files page. Or upload manually via: https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpunixman/files/

License

GNU General Public License v2.0 — see copyright page.

Author

Che Dong — https://www.chedong.com/