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<preface id="preface">
<title>Preface</title>
<abstract>
<simpara>
<acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext
Preprocessor", is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its
syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique
PHP-specific 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>
Daily HTML snapshots of the manual, including translations, can be
found at <ulink
url="&url.php.snaps.manual;">&url.php.snaps.manual;</ulink>.
</para>
</sect1>
</preface>
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