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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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