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Updating Preface:
- PHP is not only a hypertext preprocessor (please correct my english, if it is not right :) - There are many people contributing to the doc framework, we can't name them - Added winhelp generation details, reordered format list - Removed snaps.php.net, as there are no manual snapshots there, but the ones at php.net are actual ones - some whitespace changes in global.ent git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@52214 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
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is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages
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quickly.
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</simpara>
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<simpara>
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Note, that PHP is not only a Hypertext Preprocessor today. You
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can generate images, PDF files or even Flash animations on the
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fly with simple PHP scripts. Also check
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<ulink url="&url.php.gtk;">PHP-GTK</ulink> to see, that
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PHP can be used to write client-side GUI applications.
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</simpara>
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</abstract>
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<sect1 id="about">
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<title>About this Manual</title>
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<para>
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This manual is written in <acronym>XML</acronym> using the <ulink
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This manual is written in <acronym>XML</acronym> using the <ulink
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url="&url.docbook.xml;">DocBook XML DTD</ulink>, using <ulink
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url="&url.dsssl;"><acronym>DSSSL</acronym></ulink> (Document
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Style and Semantics Specification Language) for formatting. The
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url="&url.jclark;">James Clark</ulink> and <ulink
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url="&url.dbstyle;">The Modular DocBook Stylesheets</ulink>
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written by <ulink url="&url.nwalsh;">Norman Walsh</ulink>.
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PHP's documentation framework is maintained by &link.stig;.
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We use <ulink url="&url.winhelp;">Microsoft HTML Help Workshop</ulink>
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to generate the WinHelp format of the manual.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can download the manual in various languages and formats,
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including <acronym>PDF</acronym>, plain text, plain
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<acronym>HTML</acronym>, WinHelp, and <acronym>RTF</acronym>
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You can download the actual manual in various languages and
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formats, including plain text, plain <acronym>HTML</acronym>,
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<acronym>PDF</acronym>, PalmPilot DOC and iSilo and WinHelp,
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from <ulink url="&url.php.docs;">&url.php.docs;</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Daily HTML snapshots of the manual, including translations, can be
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found at <ulink
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url="&url.php.snaps.manual;">&url.php.snaps.manual;</ulink>.
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The manuals are updated daily.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can find more information about downloading the
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