So, How exactly do I get the source files for the PHP Manual? ====
Simple. The PHP Project uses CVS to manage its sources, so to retrieve the sources for the PHP Manual you will checkout (download) these sources... or example:
<code>
$ cvs -d :pserver:cvsread@cvs.php.net:/repository login
$ cvs -d :pserver:cvsread@c
===== Checking out the PHP Manual sources from SVN =====
==== Introduction ====
There are two main (and different) methods for checking out the PHP documentation sources.
* Using svn:externals
... doc-base/ contains the related helper files like PHP scripts for validation.
==== Methods for checking... o include every language.
svn co https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/modules/doc-en phpdoc
So,