This manual is written in
XML
using the
DocBook XML DTD
, using
DSSSL
(Document Style and Semantics Specification Language) for
formatting, and experimentaly the
XSLT
(Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) for
maintenance and formatting.
Using
XML
as a source format gives us the ability to generate many
output formats from the source files, while only maintaining
one source document for all formats. The tools used for
formatting
HTML
and
TeX
versions are
Jade
, written by
James
Clark
and
The
Modular DocBook Stylesheets
written by
Norman Walsh
. We use
Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
to generate the Windows HTML Help format of the manual, and
of course PHP itself to do some additional conversions and
formatting.
You can download the manual in various languages
and formats, including plain text, plain
HTML
,
PDF
, PalmPilot DOC, PalmPilot iSilo and Windows HTML Help, from
http://www.php.net/docs.php
. The manuals are updated automatically as the text is
updated.