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

  <abstract>
   <simpara>
    <acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext
    Preprocessor", is an open-source HTML-embedded scripting
    language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and
    Perl with some unique features thrown in. The main goal of
    the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically
    generated pages quickly. You can do many more with PHP. Read
    on, and see.
   </simpara>
  </abstract>

  <sect1 id="about">
   <title>About this Manual</title>
   <para>
    This manual tries to give you an overview of PHP's
    capabilites, the functions provided, and features
    instructions about how to solve some common problems.
    The main focus of this manual is to give a reference
    for functions, so you can easily find syntax information
    and usage examples. We also provide details about the
    building blocks of PHP.
   </para>
   <para>
    We provide this manual is several formats and languages.
    To read more about the formats, and how we generate them,
    read the <link linkend="moreabout">More about this
    Manual appendix</link>. You can find information about used
    conventions, and further suggested reading in that part.
   </para>
   <para>
    You can download actual versions of this manual in several
    formats at <ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
    The downloads are updated as the content changes.
   </para>
  </sect1>
 </preface>

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