Re: cvs: phpdoc /en/faq general.xml

From: Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 21:03:30 +0000
Subject: Re: cvs: phpdoc /en/faq general.xml
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This breaks `make test'. Will this affect automatic manual generation at php.net/manual/? Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damien Seguy" <dams@nexen.net> To: <phpdoc@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:52 AM Subject: [PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/faq general.xml > 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> > >

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