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

On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 04:03:30PM -0500, Daniel Beckham wrote: > This breaks `make test'. Will this affect automatic manual generation at > php.net/manual/? I started to correct this already. I need only some beers in the Krone. -Egon > ----- 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> > > > > > -- -- LinuxTag, Stuttgart, Germany: July 5-8 2001: http://www.linuxtag.de/ All known books about PHP and related books: http://php.net/books.php Concert Band of the University of Hohenheim: http://www.concert-band.de/ First and second bestselling book in German: http://www.php-buch.de/