<p>The advanced help system is a pluggable system to provide advanced help facilities for Drupal and modules. Currently it does not provide much in the way of help by itself, but instead it provides a facility to make it easier and more powerful to for modules to provide help.
<p>The <em>Advanced help</em> system is a pluggable system that provides advanced help facilities for Drupal and its modules. Although the advanced help does not provide general help by itself, it provides a powerful and easy framework that modules may use to provide their own help.
</p>
<p>
Modules utilizing this help system should create a 'help' directory in their
module. Inside that directory place MODULENAME.help.ini which will be formatted
like this:
Modules utilizing <em>Advanced help</em> should create a 'help' subdirectory inside their
module's directory. Place the file MODULENAME.help.ini in this subdirectory, formatted
similar to the following example:
</p>
<pre>
[buses]
...
...
@@ -12,29 +12,27 @@ title = "How buses are tied into the system"
file = buses
[TOPIC_ID]
title = "Title of topic"
file = filename of topic, without the .html extension
weight = How important the topic is on the index page
parent = the optional topic parent to use in the breadcrumb.
Can be either topic or module%topic
title = "Title of topic".
file = filename of topic, without the .html extension.
weight = How important the topic is on the index page.
parent = The optional topic parent to use in the breadcrumb,
either topic or module%topic.
</pre>
<p>
All topics are addressed by the module that provides the topic, and the topic
id. Modules can embed links anywhere they want with this:
All topics are addressed by the module providing the topic, and by the topic
<p>When writing help files, you can link to other topics using <strong><a href="topic:module/topic"></strong>. Using
this format will ensure that the popup/not-popup stays consistent from
link to link.</p>
<p>Inside your help file, link to other topics using the format <strong><a href="topic:module/topic"></strong>. This
format will ensure the popup status remains consistent when switching between links.</p>
<p>You can also use <strong><a href="path:example.jpg"></strong> to reference items
within the help directory, such as images to embed within the help.</p>
<p>Use <strong><a href="path:example.jpg"></strong> to reference items
within the help directory, such as images you wish to embed within the help text.</p>
<p>
If the search module is enabled, this help system will be indexed on cron. If you enable new modules and immediately want to search its help, visit <ahref="/admin/reports/status/run-cron">run cron</a> to facilitate this.</p>
<p>If the search module is enabled, the contents of help system will be indexed on cron. If you enable new modules and wish to immediately index its help text, visit the "Administration -> Reports -> Status report" and manually click the "Run cron manually" link.</p>
<p><b>PHP</b> (<i>PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor</i>) is a computer <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Scripting_language"title="Scripting language">scripting language</a>, originally designed for producing <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Dynamic_web_page"title="Dynamic web page">dynamic web pages</a>. It is mainly used in <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Server-side_scripting"title="Server-side scripting">server-side scripting</a>, but can be used from a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Command_line_interface"title="Command line interface">command line interface</a> or in <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Standalone"title="Standalone">standalone</a><atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Graphical_user_interface"title="Graphical user interface">graphical applications</a>.<supid="cite_ref-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-1"title="">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p><b>PHP</b> (<i>PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor</i>) is a computer <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language"title="Scripting language">scripting language</a>, originally designed for producing <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_web_page"title="Dynamic web page">dynamic web pages</a>. It is mainly used in <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-side_scripting"title="Server-side scripting">server-side scripting</a>, but can be used from a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface"title="Command line interface">command line interface</a> or in <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standalone"title="Standalone">standalone</a><atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface"title="Graphical user interface">graphical applications</a>.<supid="cite_ref-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-1"title="">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>While PHP was originally created by <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Rasmus_Lerdorf"title="Rasmus Lerdorf">Rasmus Lerdorf</a> in 1994, the main implementation of PHP is now produced by The PHP Group and serves as the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/De_facto_standard"title="De facto standard"><i>de facto</i> standard</a> for PHP as there is no <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Formal_specification"title="Formal specification">formal specification</a>.<supid="cite_ref-history_2-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-history-2"title="">[3]</a></sup> Released under the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/PHP_License"title="PHP License">PHP License</a>, the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Free_Software_Foundation"title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> considers it to be <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Free_software"title="Free software">free software</a>.<supid="cite_ref-3"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-3"title="">[4]</a></sup></p>
<p>While PHP was originally created by <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Lerdorf"title="Rasmus Lerdorf">Rasmus Lerdorf</a> in 1994, the main implementation of PHP is now produced by The PHP Group and serves as the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_standard"title="De facto standard"><i>de facto</i> standard</a> for PHP as there is no <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_specification"title="Formal specification">formal specification</a>.<supid="cite_ref-history_2-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-history-2"title="">[3]</a></sup> Released under the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP_License"title="PHP License">PHP License</a>, the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation"title="Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation</a> considers it to be <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software"title="Free software">free software</a>.<supid="cite_ref-3"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-3"title="">[4]</a></sup></p>
<p>PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_development"title="Web development">web development</a> and can be embedded into <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/HTML"title="HTML">HTML</a>. It generally runs on a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_server"title="Web server">web server</a>, taking PHP code as its input and creating <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_page"title="Web page">web pages</a> as output. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Operating_system"title="Operating system">operating system</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Platform_%28computing%29"class="mw-redirect"title="Platform (computing)">platform</a> free of charge.<supid="cite_ref-foundations_4-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-foundations-4"title="">[5]</a></sup> PHP is installed on more than 20 million websites and 1 million <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Server_%28computing%29"title="Server (computing)">servers</a>, although the number of websites with PHP <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Installation_%28computer_programs%29"title="Installation (computer programs)">installed</a> has declined since August 2005.<supid="cite_ref-usage_5-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-usage-5"title="">[6]</a></sup> It is also the most popular <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Apache_HTTP_Server"title="Apache HTTP Server">Apache</a> module among computers using Apache as a web server.<supid="cite_ref-usage_5-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-usage-5"title="">[6]</a></sup> The most recent major release of PHP was version 5.2.5 on <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/November_8"title="November 8">November 8</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/2007"title="2007">2007</a>.<supid="cite_ref-php5changelog_6-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-php5changelog-6"title="">[7]</a></sup></p>
<p>PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_development"title="Web development">web development</a> and can be embedded into <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML"title="HTML">HTML</a>. It generally runs on a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server"title="Web server">web server</a>, taking PHP code as its input and creating <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page"title="Web page">web pages</a> as output. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system"title="Operating system">operating system</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_%28computing%29"class="mw-redirect"title="Platform (computing)">platform</a> free of charge.<supid="cite_ref-foundations_4-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-foundations-4"title="">[5]</a></sup> PHP is installed on more than 20 million websites and 1 million <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_%28computing%29"title="Server (computing)">servers</a>, although the number of websites with PHP <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_%28computer_programs%29"title="Installation (computer programs)">installed</a> has declined since August 2005.<supid="cite_ref-usage_5-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-usage-5"title="">[6]</a></sup> It is also the most popular <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server"title="Apache HTTP Server">Apache</a> module among computers using Apache as a web server.<supid="cite_ref-usage_5-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-usage-5"title="">[6]</a></sup> The most recent major release of PHP was version 5.2.5 on <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_8"title="November 8">November 8</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007"title="2007">2007</a>.<supid="cite_ref-php5changelog_6-0"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-php5changelog-6"title="">[7]</a></sup></p>
<p>PHP is a popular target of <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Hacker"title="Hacker">hackers</a> who exploit vulnerable applications written in PHP. Software vulnerabilities related to PHP are identified among the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures"title="Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures">CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)</a> records, available from the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/National_Vulnerability_Database"title="National Vulnerability Database">National Vulnerability Database</a>. The proportion of vulnerabilities related to PHP, out of the total of all common vulnerabilities, amounted to: 12% in 2003, 20% in 2004, 28% in 2005, 43% in 2006, 36% in 2007, and 33.8% for the first quarter of 2008. More than a quarter of all software vulnerabilities listed in this database are related to PHP, and more than a third of vulnerabilities listed recently. Most of these vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely, that is without being logged on the computer hosting the vulnerable application.<supid="cite_ref-27"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-27"title="">[28]</a></sup> Such exploitation is made possible due to poor programming habits, such as failing to check data before entering it into a database, and features of the language such as <code>register_globals</code>, which is now deprecated.<supid="cite_ref-register_globals_21-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-register_globals-21"title="">[22]</a></sup> These result in <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Code_injection"title="Code injection">code injection</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Cross-site_scripting"title="Cross-site scripting">cross-site scripting</a> and other <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Application_security"title="Application security">application security</a> issues. It's important to note that none of these attacks are exclusive to PHP and all are avoidable by following proper coding techniques and principles.</p>
<p>PHP is a popular target of <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker"title="Hacker">hackers</a> who exploit vulnerable applications written in PHP. Software vulnerabilities related to PHP are identified among the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures"title="Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures">CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)</a> records, available from the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Vulnerability_Database"title="National Vulnerability Database">National Vulnerability Database</a>. The proportion of vulnerabilities related to PHP, out of the total of all common vulnerabilities, amounted to: 12% in 2003, 20% in 2004, 28% in 2005, 43% in 2006, 36% in 2007, and 33.8% for the first quarter of 2008. More than a quarter of all software vulnerabilities listed in this database are related to PHP, and more than a third of vulnerabilities listed recently. Most of these vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely, that is without being logged on the computer hosting the vulnerable application.<supid="cite_ref-27"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-27"title="">[28]</a></sup> Such exploitation is made possible due to poor programming habits, such as failing to check data before entering it into a database, and features of the language such as <code>register_globals</code>, which is now deprecated.<supid="cite_ref-register_globals_21-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-register_globals-21"title="">[22]</a></sup> These result in <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_injection"title="Code injection">code injection</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting"title="Cross-site scripting">cross-site scripting</a> and other <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_security"title="Application security">application security</a> issues. It's important to note that none of these attacks are exclusive to PHP and all are avoidable by following proper coding techniques and principles.</p>
<p>PHP is a general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_development"title="Web development">web development</a>. It is the fourth most popular computer programming language, ranking behind <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Java_%28programming_language%29"title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/C_%28programming_language%29"title="C (programming language)">C</a>, and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Visual_Basic"title="Visual Basic">Visual Basic</a>.<supid="cite_ref-22"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-22"title="">[23]</a></sup> PHP generally runs on a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_server"title="Web server">web server</a>, taking PHP code as its input and creating <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_page"title="Web page">web pages</a> as output. It can also be used for <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Command-line"class="mw-redirect"title="Command-line">command-line</a> scripting and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Client-side"title="Client-side">client-side</a><atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Graphical_user_interface"title="Graphical user interface">GUI</a> applications. PHP can be deployed on most <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Web_server"title="Web server">web servers</a>, many <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Operating_system"title="Operating system">operating systems</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Platform_%28computing%29"class="mw-redirect"title="Platform (computing)">platforms</a>, and can be used with many <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Relational_database_management_system"title="Relational database management system">relational database management systems</a>. It is available free of charge, and the PHP Group provides the complete source code for users to build, customize and extend for their own use.<supid="cite_ref-foundations_4-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-foundations-4"title="">[5]</a></sup></p>
<p>PHP is a general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_development"title="Web development">web development</a>. It is the fourth most popular computer programming language, ranking behind <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29"title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29"title="C (programming language)">C</a>, and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic"title="Visual Basic">Visual Basic</a>.<supid="cite_ref-22"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-22"title="">[23]</a></sup> PHP generally runs on a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server"title="Web server">web server</a>, taking PHP code as its input and creating <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page"title="Web page">web pages</a> as output. It can also be used for <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line"class="mw-redirect"title="Command-line">command-line</a> scripting and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-side"title="Client-side">client-side</a><atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface"title="Graphical user interface">GUI</a> applications. PHP can be deployed on most <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server"title="Web server">web servers</a>, many <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system"title="Operating system">operating systems</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_%28computing%29"class="mw-redirect"title="Platform (computing)">platforms</a>, and can be used with many <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system"title="Relational database management system">relational database management systems</a>. It is available free of charge, and the PHP Group provides the complete source code for users to build, customize and extend for their own use.<supid="cite_ref-foundations_4-1"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-foundations-4"title="">[5]</a></sup></p>
<p>PHP primarily acts as a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Filter_%28software%29"title="Filter (software)">filter</a><supid="cite_ref-23"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-23"title="">[24]</a></sup>, taking input from a file or stream containing text and/or PHP instructions and outputs another stream of data; most commonly the output will be HTML. From PHP 4, the PHP <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Parser"class="mw-redirect"title="Parser">parser</a><atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Compiler"title="Compiler">compiles</a> input to produce <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Bytecode"title="Bytecode">bytecode</a> for processing by the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Zend_Engine"title="Zend Engine">Zend Engine</a>, giving improved performance over its <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Interpreter_%28computing%29"title="Interpreter (computing)">interpreter</a> predecessor.<supid="cite_ref-24"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-24"title="">[25]</a></sup></p>
<p>PHP primarily acts as a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_%28software%29"title="Filter (software)">filter</a><supid="cite_ref-23"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-23"title="">[24]</a></sup>, taking input from a file or stream containing text and/or PHP instructions and outputs another stream of data; most commonly the output will be HTML. From PHP 4, the PHP <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parser"class="mw-redirect"title="Parser">parser</a><atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler"title="Compiler">compiles</a> input to produce <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytecode"title="Bytecode">bytecode</a> for processing by the <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zend_Engine"title="Zend Engine">Zend Engine</a>, giving improved performance over its <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_%28computing%29"title="Interpreter (computing)">interpreter</a> predecessor.<supid="cite_ref-24"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-24"title="">[25]</a></sup></p>
<p>Originally designed to create dynamic web pages, PHP's principal focus is <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Server-side_scripting"title="Server-side scripting">server-side scripting</a><supid="cite_ref-25"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-25"title="">[26]</a></sup>, and it is similar to other server-side scripting languages that provide dynamic content from a web server to a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Client_%28computing%29"title="Client (computing)">client</a>, such as <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Microsoft"title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/ASP.NET"title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> system, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Sun_Microsystems"title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a>' <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/JavaServer_Pages"title="JavaServer Pages">JavaServer Pages</a><supid="cite_ref-26"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-26"title="">[27]</a></sup>, and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Mod_perl"title="Mod perl">mod_perl</a>. PHP has also attracted the development of many <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Software_framework"title="Software framework">frameworks</a> that provide building blocks and a design structure to promote <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Rapid_application_development"title="Rapid application development">rapid application development</a> (RAD). Some of these include <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/CakePHP"title="CakePHP">CakePHP</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/PRADO"title="PRADO">PRADO</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Symfony"title="Symfony">Symfony</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Zend_Framework"title="Zend Framework">Zend Framework</a>, offering features similar to other <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_web_application_frameworks"title="List of web application frameworks">web application frameworks</a>.</p>
<p>Originally designed to create dynamic web pages, PHP's principal focus is <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-side_scripting"title="Server-side scripting">server-side scripting</a><supid="cite_ref-25"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-25"title="">[26]</a></sup>, and it is similar to other server-side scripting languages that provide dynamic content from a web server to a <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29"title="Client (computing)">client</a>, such as <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft"title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASP.NET"title="ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a> system, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems"title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a>' <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaServer_Pages"title="JavaServer Pages">JavaServer Pages</a><supid="cite_ref-26"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-26"title="">[27]</a></sup>, and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_perl"title="Mod perl">mod_perl</a>. PHP has also attracted the development of many <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_framework"title="Software framework">frameworks</a> that provide building blocks and a design structure to promote <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development"title="Rapid application development">rapid application development</a> (RAD). Some of these include <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CakePHP"title="CakePHP">CakePHP</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRADO"title="PRADO">PRADO</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symfony"title="Symfony">Symfony</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zend_Framework"title="Zend Framework">Zend Framework</a>, offering features similar to other <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_application_frameworks"title="List of web application frameworks">web application frameworks</a>.</p>
<p>The <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/LAMP_%28software_bundle%29"title="LAMP (software bundle)">LAMP</a> architecture has become popular in the web industry as a way of deploying web applications. PHP is commonly used as the <i>P</i> in this bundle alongside <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Linux"title="Linux">Linux</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Apache_HTTP_Server"title="Apache HTTP Server">Apache</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/MySQL"title="MySQL">MySQL</a>, although the <i>P</i> can also refer to <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Python_%28programming_language%29"title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> or <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/Perl"title="Perl">Perl</a>.</p>
<p>The <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_%28software_bundle%29"title="LAMP (software bundle)">LAMP</a> architecture has become popular in the web industry as a way of deploying web applications. PHP is commonly used as the <i>P</i> in this bundle alongside <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux"title="Linux">Linux</a>, <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server"title="Apache HTTP Server">Apache</a> and <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL"title="MySQL">MySQL</a>, although the <i>P</i> can also refer to <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29"title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> or <atarget="_blank"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl"title="Perl">Perl</a>.</p>
<p>As of April 2007, over 20 million Internet domains were hosted on servers with PHP installed, and PHP was recorded as the most popular Apache module.<supid="cite_ref-usage_5-2"class="reference"><ahref="#cite_note-usage-5"title="">[6]</a></sup></p>
$output.=' '.t('Click the help icon to view the example help. Be sure to run cron to update the index if you want to try out the search features.');
$output.=' '.t('Click the help icon to view some example help about the PHP programming language (from wikipedia.org). Be sure to run cron to update the index if you want to try out the search features.');