There are several stylesheets available for generating viewable documentation, the most useful will probably be:
html, the plain html manual found at http://www.php.net/manual/html/
bightml, one big HTML file, only available for download at http://www.php.net/download-docs.php
phpweb, the main PHP online manual found at http://www.php.net/manual/
pdf, a PDF version of the manual found at http://www.php.net/distributions/php_manual_en.pdf
rtf, a RTF (Rich Text Format) version of the manual, currently not available online
howto, this HOWTO document in a simple HTML format: http://cvs.php.net/co.php/phpdoc/howto/howto.html.tar.gz
To generate a viewable copy of the documentation, cd to the phpdoc directory and issue one of the following commands:
To make an actual copy of this HOWTO: The plain text version of the PHP documentation is made by filtering the bightml output through lynx.Note: Generating viewable documentation is CPU intensive and can take a little while to complete. E.g. generating the simple HTML manual takes about 7m 30s on a 700MHz box.
Where the output files are placed depends on the format you built. HTML manuals generate in the html subdirectory of phpdoc, similarly the make phpweb command will place the files in the php directory. The place for the HOWTO HTML files is howto/html.
If all goes well, you should have your own copy of the documentation, including any changes you've made.