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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>
   <simpara>
    Note, that PHP is not only a Hypertext Preprocessor today. You
    can generate images, PDF files or even Flash animations on the
    fly with simple PHP scripts. Also check
    <ulink url="&url.php.gtk;">PHP-GTK</ulink> to see, that
    PHP can be used to write client-side GUI applications. 
   </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>.
    We use <ulink url="&url.winhelp;">Microsoft HTML Help Workshop</ulink>
    to generate the WinHelp format of the manual.
   </para>
   <para>
    You can download the actual manual in various languages and
    formats, including plain text, plain <acronym>HTML</acronym>,
    <acronym>PDF</acronym>, PalmPilot DOC and iSilo and WinHelp,
    from <ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
    The manuals are updated daily.
   </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>

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