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 <preface id="preface">
  <title>Preface</title>

  <abstract>
   <simpara>
    <acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for &quot;PHP: Hypertext
    Preprocessor&quot;, is an HTML-embedded scripting language.  Much
    of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with some
    unique features thrown in.  The goal of the language
    is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages
    quickly.
   </simpara>
  </abstract>

  <sect1 id="about">
   <title>About this Manual</title>
   <para>
    This manual is written in <acronym>XML</acronym> using the <ulink
     url="&url.docbook.xml;">DocBook XML DTD</ulink>, using <ulink
     url="&url.dsssl;"><acronym>DSSSL</acronym></ulink> (Document
     Style and Semantics Specification Language) for formatting.  The
     tools used for formatting <acronym>HTML</acronym>,
     <acronym>TeX</acronym> and <acronym>RTF</acronym> versions are
     <ulink url="&url.jade;">Jade</ulink>, written by <ulink
     url="&url.jclark;">James Clark</ulink> and <ulink
     url="&url.dbstyle;">The Modular DocBook Stylesheets</ulink>
     written by <ulink url="&url.nwalsh;">Norman Walsh</ulink>.
     PHP's documentation framework is maintained by &link.stig;.
   </para>
   <para>
    You can download the manual in various languages and formats,
    including <acronym>PDF</acronym>, plain text, plain
    <acronym>HTML</acronym>, WinHelp, and <acronym>RTF</acronym>
    from <ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
   </para>
   <para>
    Daily HTML snapshots of the manual, including translations, can be
    found at <ulink
    url="&url.php.snaps.manual;">&url.php.snaps.manual;</ulink>.
   </para>
   <para>
    You can find more information about downloading the
    <acronym>XML</acronym> source code of this documentation
    at <ulink url="&url.php.cvs;">&url.php.cvs;</ulink>. The
    documentation is stored in the <literal>phpdoc</literal> module.
   </para>
  </sect1>

 </preface>

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