goba Sun Feb 3 16:50:57 2002 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en preface.xml
/phpdoc/en/chapters intro.xml
Log:
Modify PHP definition, as requested by Andrei Zmiewski, to reflect
php.net/index.php and Freshmeat descriptions> Quoting Andrei:
| Well, I think it should be changed - that's what Freshmeat
| entry for PHP says (I rewrote it a couple of years ago).
Index: phpdoc/en/preface.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/preface.xml:1.24 phpdoc/en/preface.xml:1.25
--- phpdoc/en/preface.xml:1.24 Mon Dec 17 16:45:16 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/preface.xml Sun Feb 3 16:50:57 2002
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
<preface id="preface">
<title>Preface</title>
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
<abstract>
<simpara>
<acronym>PHP</acronym>, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext
- Preprocessor", is an open-source HTML-embedded scripting
- language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and
- Perl with some unique features thrown in. The main goal of
+ Preprocessor" is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose
+ scripting language that is especially suited for Web
+ development and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws
+ upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of
the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically
- generated pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP.
+ generated webpages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP.
</simpara>
</abstract>
Index: phpdoc/en/chapters/intro.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/chapters/intro.xml:1.28 phpdoc/en/chapters/intro.xml:1.29
--- phpdoc/en/chapters/intro.xml:1.28 Tue Jan 29 09:53:00 2002
+++ phpdoc/en/chapters/intro.xml Sun Feb 3 16:50:57 2002
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.29 $ -->
<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<sect1 id="intro-whatis">
<title>What is PHP?</title>
<para>
- PHP (recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor")
- is an open-source server-side HTML-embedded scripting language.
+ <acronym>PHP</acronym> (recursive acronym for "PHP: Hypertext
+ Preprocessor") is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose
+ scripting language that is especially suited for Web
+ development and can be embedded into HTML.
</para>
<para>
Simple answer, but what does that mean? An example:
