zak Fri Nov 16 12:30:25 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/faq general.xml
Log:
Adding an entry for the meaning of the PHP acronym
Index: phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml:1.14 phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml:1.15
--- phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml:1.14 Sun Nov 11 15:27:31 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/faq/general.xml Fri Nov 16 12:30:25 2001
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
<chapter id="faq.general">
<title>General Information</title>
<titleabbrev>General Information</titleabbrev>
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
<ulink url="&faqurl.zend.introduction;">here</ulink> on the Zend
website. Also, much of the
<ulink url="&url.php.conf;">PHP Conference Material</ulink> is freely available.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry id="faq.general.acronym">
+ <question>
+ <para>What does PHP stand for?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ PHP stands for <emphasis>PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor</emphasis>.
+ This confuses many people because the first word of the acronym is
+ the acronym. This type of acronym is called a recursive acronym.
+ The curious can visit
+ <ulink url="&url.foldoc;">Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing</ulink>
+ for more information on recursive acronyms.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
