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 <info><title>Preface</title>
 <abstract>
  <simpara>
   <acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for &quot;<literal>PHP: Hypertext
   Preprocessor</literal>&quot; is a widely-used open source general-purpose
   scripting language that is especially suited for web
   development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws
   upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of
   the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically
   generated web pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP.
  </simpara>
 </abstract>
</info>

 <para>
  This manual consists primarily of a <link linkend="funcref">
  function reference</link>, but also contains a 
  <link linkend="langref">language reference</link>, explanations
  of some of PHP's major <link linkend="features">features</link>, 
  and other <link linkend="appendices">supplemental</link> 
  information.
 </para>
 <para>
  You can download this manual in several formats at <link
  xlink:href="&url.php.doc.downloads;">&url.php.doc.downloads;</link>.
  More information about how this manual is developed can be found in the
  <link linkend="about">'About the manual'</link> appendix. If you are
  interested in the <link linkend="history">history of PHP</link>,
  visit the relevant appendix.
 </para>
  
 &contributors;
</preface>

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