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PHP Manual Contribution Guide

This document is in very early stage of development. If you are a newomer, please look at already existing resources. More experienced users are welcome to contribute.

Introduction

PHP is well known for having excellent documentation, documentation that is created by volunteers who collectively make changes every day. This guide is designed for people who work on the official PHP documentation.

Glossary

This guide use some terminology you have to know. Don't worry, it's easy:

• editor - person who contributes to original english manual
• translator - person who translates english manual into another language
• {LANG} - replace it with your country code, in example in mailing list address (note: Brazilian Portuguese format differs from the rest and it's called pt_BR for SVN module and pt-br for mailing list sufix)

Table of Contents

• Joining the team
• Documentation structure
• Editing PHP Manual
• Style guidelines

Appendices

• FAQ

Feedback

Feedback is most certainly welcome on this document. Without your submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. Please send your additions, comments and criticisms to the following email address: phpdoc@lists.php.net.