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'; commonHeader("Documentation"); $man_languages = array('en', 'pt_BR', 'cs', 'nl', 'fr', 'de', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'kr', 'es'); # array structure: (header, link text, show_size_in_link) $formats = array( "" => array("View Online", "view", false), "html/" => array("View Online (plain)", "view", false), "bigmanual.html.gz" => array("Single HTML", "html.gz", true), "manual.txt.gz" => array("Plain text", "txt.gz", true), "manual.tar.gz" => array("Many HTML files", "tar.gz", true), "manual.zip" => array("Many HTML files", "zip", true), "manual.pdf" => array("PDF", "pdf", false), "manual_doc.pdb" => array("PalmPilot DOC", "doc.pdb", true), "manual_isilo.pdb" => array("PalmPilot iSilo", "isilo.pdb", true), "manual.chm" => array("Windows HTML Help", "chm", true) ); ?>The PHP manual is available in a selection of languages and formats. Pick a language and format from the table below. Tip: If you are using Internet Explorer, the file size will show up, when you move the mouse above one link. If you use another browser you can click here to see the file sizes.
| $v[0]\n"; }?> | $language | \n"; reset($formats); while (list($fn,$details) = each($formats)) { echo "";
# temporary hacks until pdf and chm are auto-generated
if ($fn == "manual.pdf") {
$link_to = "http://snaps.php.net/~jah/pdf/manual-$langcode.pdf";
} elseif ($fn == "manual.chm") {
$link_to = "distributions/manual_$langcode.chm";
} else {
$link_to = "manual/$langcode/$fn";
}
# if no size required [pdf, online], then just print, else
# decide what to do according to the $size of the file
if (!$details[2]) { echo "$details[1]"; }
else {
$size = @filesize($link_to);
if ($size) {
echo "$details[1]";
if ($sizes) { echo ' ' . (int) ($size/1024) . 'Kb'; } } else { echo " "; } } echo " | \n";
}
}?>
The French PHP manual is also available on an external site, in differents formats. Documentation is the official flavor, while formating and localization has been worked some more (function and examples indexes, short version, search engine..). Besides, those are compressed for faster download.
La documentation Française est disponible sur un site secondaire, dans différents formats. C'est la version officielle, complètement francisée et retravaillée . De plus, ces docs sont compressées.
| En ligne | En ligne | HTML | Texte | HTML | HTML | PalmPilot DOC | PalmPilot iSilo | Windows HTML Help | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Français | Voir | Voir | html.gz | txt.gz | tar.gz | zip | chm |