dams Tue Jul 17 12:20:48 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/faq general.xml
Log:
First building draft for FAQ
Index: phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml:1.5 phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml:1.6
--- phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml:1.5 Tue Jul 10 06:07:56 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml Tue Jul 17 12:20:48 2001
@@ -1,113 +1,105 @@
- <reference id="faq.general">
+<chapter 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>
- <refname>What is PHP?</refname>
- <refpurpose>What is PHP?</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
- <para>
- From the <ulink url="&faqurl.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="&faqurl.zend.introduction;">here</ulink> on the Zend
- website.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
+ <qandaset>
+ <qandaentry id="faq.general.what">
+ <question>
+ <para>What is PHP?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ From the <ulink url="&faqurl.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="&faqurl.zend.introduction;">here</ulink> on the Zend
+ website.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
- <refentry id="faq.general.relation-between-versions">
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>What is the relation between the versions?</refname>
- <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="&faqurl.zend;">Zend
- engine</ulink> under the hood.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
+ <qandaentry id="faq.general.relation-versions">
+ <question>
+ <para> What is the relation between the versions ?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <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="&faqurl.zend;">Zend
+ engine</ulink> under the hood.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
- <refentry id="faq.general.running-concurent-versions">
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>Can I run several versions of PHP at the same time?</refname>
- <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>
- <refname>What are the differences between PHP 3 and PHP 4?</refname>
- <refpurpose>What are the differences between PHP 3 and PHP 4?</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
- <para>
- There are <ulink url="&faqurl.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="&faqurl.zend.new;">What's new in
- PHP4 overview</ulink> for a detailed explanation of these
- features and more.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
- </reference>
+ <qandaentry id="faq.general.running-concurent">
+ <question>
+ <para>Can I run several versions of PHP at the same time?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Yes. See the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file that is included
+ in the PHP 4 source distribution.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry id="faq.general.differences-34">
+ <question>
+ <para>What are the differences between PHP 3 and PHP 4?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ There are <ulink url="&faqurl.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="&faqurl.zend.new;">What's new in
+ PHP4 overview</ulink> for a detailed explanation of these
+ features and more.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+ </qandaset>
+ </chapter>
<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
