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<info>
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<titleabbrev>Preface</titleabbrev>
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<title>About this manual</title>
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<abstract>
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<simpara>
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<acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for <emphasis>PHP: Hypertext
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Preprocessor</emphasis>, is a widely-used open source general-purpose
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scripting language that is especially suited for web
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development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws
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upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of
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the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically
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generated web pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP.
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</simpara>
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</abstract>
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</info>
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<para>
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This manual consists primarily of a <link linkend="funcref">
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function reference</link>, but also contains a
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<link linkend="langref">language reference</link>, explanations
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of some of PHP's major <link linkend="features">features</link>,
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and other <link linkend="appendices">supplemental</link>
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information.
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</para>
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<simpara>
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This manual includes information covering the two most recent major
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releases of PHP (versions 7 and 8). Information about extensions
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that are no longer included with those versions of PHP and changes to
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functions in earlier versions is not included. Archives of older
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versions of the manual that document previous releases of PHP are
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available from the "More documentation" section on the
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<link xlink:href="&url.php.docs;">"Documentation" page of the PHP
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website</link>.
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</simpara>
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<para>
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You can download this manual in several formats at <link
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xlink:href="&url.php.doc.downloads;">&url.php.doc.downloads;</link>.
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More information about how this manual is developed can be found in the
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<link linkend="about">'About the manual'</link> appendix. If you are
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interested in the <link linkend="history">history of PHP</link>,
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visit the relevant appendix.
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</para>
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&contributors;
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</preface>
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