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PHP Manual
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Preface

Table of Contents
About this Manual

PHP, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.

About this Manual

This manual is written in SGML using the DocBook DTD, using DSSSL (Document Style and Semantics Specification Language) for formatting. The tools used for formatting HTML, TeX and RTF versions are Jade, written by James Clark and The Modular DocBook Stylesheets written by Norman Walsh. PHP's documentation framework was assembled by Stig Sæther Bakken.

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PHP Manual Getting Started

This PHP manual is Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 the PHP Documentation Group. It has been licensed under the GPL. Permission granted for display on the Abscissa Tech web site on March 9, 2000. The most recent PHP documentation is available at http://www.php.net/.