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<chapter xml:id="faq.general" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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<title>General Information</title>
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<titleabbrev>General Information</titleabbrev>
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<para>
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This section holds the most general questions about PHP:
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what it is and what it does.
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</para>
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<qandaset>
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<qandaentry xml:id="faq.general.what">
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<question>
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<para>What is PHP?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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From the <link linkend="preface">preface of the manual</link>:
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</para>
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<para>
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PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of
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its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique
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PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to
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allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry xml:id="faq.general.acronym">
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<question>
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<para>What does PHP stand for?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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PHP stands for <emphasis>PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor</emphasis>.
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This confuses many people because the first word of the acronym is
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the acronym. This type of acronym is called a recursive acronym.
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For more information, the curious can visit
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<link xlink:href="&url.foldoc;">Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing</link>
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or the
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<link xlink:href="&url.wiki.recursive-acronym;">Wikipedia entry on
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recursive acronyms</link>.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry xml:id="faq.general.relation-versions">
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<question>
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<para>What is the relation between the versions?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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PHP/FI 2.0 is an early and no longer supported version of PHP. PHP 3
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is the successor to PHP/FI 2.0 and is a lot nicer. PHP 8 is the current
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generation of PHP, which uses the Zend
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engine 4 which, among other things, offers many additional
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<link linkend="language.oop5">OOP</link> features.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry xml:id="faq.general.running-concurent">
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<question>
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<para>Can I run several versions of PHP at the same time?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Yes. See the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file that is included
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in the PHP source distribution.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry xml:id="faq.general.bug">
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<question>
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<para>
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I think I found a bug! Who should I tell?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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You should go to the PHP Bug Database and make sure the bug
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isn't a known bug. If you don't see it in the database, use
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the reporting form to report the bug. It is important to use
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the bug database instead of just sending an email to one of the
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mailing lists because the bug will have a tracking number assigned
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and it will then be possible for you to go back later and check
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on the status of the bug. The bug database can be found at
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<link xlink:href="&url.php.bugs;">&url.php.bugs;</link>.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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