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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 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> and
<acronym>TeX</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 Windows HTML Help 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, PalmPilot iSilo and
Windows HTML Help, from
<ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
The manuals are updated as the source XMLs are changing.
</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>
<para>
If you find any errors in this manual, please report
them using the bug system at:
<ulink url="&url.php.bugs;">&url.php.bugs;</ulink>, and classify
them as "Documentation Problem". This way we can follow every
bug and track the things done to eliminate them from the
documentation. Do not submit bug reports, or suggested
additions using the annotation system.
</para>
</sect1>
</preface>
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