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<preface id="preface">
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<title>Preface</title>
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<abstract>
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<simpara>
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<acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext
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Preprocessor", is an open-source HTML-embedded scripting
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language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and
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Perl with some unique features thrown in. The main goal of
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the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically
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generated pages quickly. You can do many more with PHP. Read
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on, and see.
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</simpara>
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</abstract>
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<sect1 id="about">
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<title>About this Manual</title>
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<para>
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This manual tries to give you an overview of PHP's
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capabilites, the functions provided, and features
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instructions about how to solve some common problems.
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The main focus of this manual is to give a reference
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for functions, so you can easily find syntax information
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and usage examples. We also provide details about the
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building blocks of PHP.
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</para>
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<para>
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We provide this manual is several formats and languages.
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To read more about the formats, and how we generate them,
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read the <link linkend="moreabout">More about this
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Manual appendix</link>. You can find information about used
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conventions, and further suggested reading in that part.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can download actual versions of this manual in several
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formats at <ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
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The downloads are updated as the content changes.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</preface>
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