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title: startManualSection
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# Facebook\\HackCodegen\\BaseCodeBuilder::startManualSection()




Add to the buffer the begin of a manual section with the specified id




``` Hack
public function startManualSection(
  string $id,
): this;
```




## Parameters




* ` string $id `




## Returns




- ` this `