<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.35 $ --> <preface xml:id="preface" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> <info><title>Preface</title> <abstract> <simpara> <acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated web pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP. </simpara> </abstract> </info> <para> This manual consists primarily of a <link linkend="funcref"> function reference</link>, but also contains a <link linkend="langref">language reference</link>, explanations of some of PHP's major <link linkend="features">features</link>, and other <link linkend="appendices">supplemental</link> information. </para> <para> You can download this manual in several formats at <link xlink:href="&url.php.doc.downloads;">&url.php.doc.downloads;</link>. More information about how this manual is developed can be found in the <link linkend="about">'About the manual'</link> appendix. If you are interested in the <link linkend="history">history of PHP</link>, visit the relevant appendix. </para> &contributors; </preface> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 -->