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dams Mon Jul 9 09:52:59 2001 EDT Added files: /phpdoc/en/faq general.xml Log: Adding first draft for FAQ Index: phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml +++ phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml <reference id="faq.general"> <title>General Information</title> <titleabbrev>General Information about PHP</titleabbrev> <partintro> <para> This section holds the most general questions about PHP : what it is and what it does. </para> </partintro> <refentry id="faq.general.what"> <refnamediv> <refpurpose>What is PHP ?</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> From the <ulink url="&url.php.manual;">manual</ulink> : <para> </para> PHP 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. <para> </para> A nice introduction to PHP by Stig Sæther Bakken can be found <ulink url="&url.zend.introduction;">here</ulink> on the Zend website. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <refentry id="faq.general.relation-between-versions"> <refnamediv> <refpurpose>What is the relation between the versions?</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> PHP/FI 2.0 is an early and no longer supported version of PHP. PHP 3 is the successor to PHP/FI 2.0 and is a lot nicer. PHP 4 is the latest generation of PHP, which uses the <ulink url="&url.zend;">Zend engine</ulink> under the hood. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <refentry id="faq.general.running-concurent-versions"> <refnamediv> <refpurpose>Can I run several versions of PHP at the same time ?</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> Yes. See the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file that is included in the PHP 4 source distribution. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> <refentry id="faq.general.differences-php3-php4"> <refnamediv> <refpurpose>What are the differences between PHP 3 and PHP 4?</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> There are <ulink url="&url.zend.articles;">a couple of articles</ulink> written on this by the authors of PHP4. Here's a list of some of the more important new features: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <simpara>Extended API module.</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>Generalized build process under UNIX</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>Generic web server interface that also supports multi-threaded web servers</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>Improved syntax highlighter</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>Native HTTP session support</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>Output buffering support</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>More powerful configuration system</simpara> </listitem> <listitem> <simpara>Reference counting</simpara> </listitem> </itemizedlist> Please see the <ulink url="&url.zend.new;">What's new in PHP4 overview</ulink> for a detailed explanation of these features and more. </para> </refsect1> </refentry> </reference>