php-doc-en/preface.xml
Gabor Hojtsy e070a206cf And here comes what noone expected to happen soon :) Shuffling with the authors and editors list. Stay tuned:
- moving old editor list to contributors.xml and adding my name
   there as an editor (do you see me Steph?)
 - adding note maintainers list generated a few minutes ago with
   the notes_stats.php script (note that user 'irc' was not found
   in the current CVS user list, I assume he is the same as 'irchtml',
   plus Sebastian Picklum seems to have two CVS accounts (spic and sp),
   both of which he used to maintain notes.

What comes now:

 - someone please dig up the script which generated a summary based
   on the phpdoc CVS logs / news server data, so we can get an idea
   of who to list as past author+editor, and who is currently to be
   put there (I don't know where that script is)

 - suggest yourself as a manual editor if you think you will be accepted
   by the community!

 - complain on the user note editor list, if you think that something is
   unfair in there (you are listed but you should not be, or the other
   way around)

 - complain if you think anything else is problematic :)

BTW I have added myself as an editor to break the untouchable list and not
to monopolize that place, so once again feel free to propose yourself if
you see you fit there (or complain about myself being there :)).


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<preface id="preface">
<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 webpages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP.
</simpara>
</abstract>
<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="appendixes">supplemental</link>
information.
</para>
<para>
You can download this manual in several formats at <ulink
url="&url.php.doc.downloads;">&url.php.doc.downloads;</ulink>.
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>
<sect1 id="contributors">
<title>Authors and Contributors</title>
<para>
Additionaly to the author and editor list on the frontpage, here
you can find the names of people who currently help maintain the
documentation and the user notes. We also keep historical credit
for those, who are not active contributors currently. These lists
are in alphabetical order.
</para>
&contributors;
</sect1>
</preface>
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