Removes PHP references

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/docs/intro/overview.txt b/docs/intro/overview.txt
index 4d5a86f82b..ba49e3ccf2 100644
--- a/docs/intro/overview.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/overview.txt
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ lookup and function calls.
 Note ``{{ article.pub_date|date:"F j, Y" }}`` uses a Unix-style "pipe" (the "|"
 character). This is called a template filter, and it's a way to filter the value
 of a variable. In this case, the date filter formats a Python datetime object in
-the given format (as found in PHP's date function; yes, there is one good idea
-in PHP).
+the given format (as found in PHP's date function).
 
 You can chain together as many filters as you'd like. You can write custom
 filters. You can write custom template tags, which run custom Python code behind
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt
index 9913b21e13..686cb5220c 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ work, see :doc:`Troubleshooting </faq/troubleshooting>`.
 
 .. admonition:: Where should this code live?
 
-    If your background is in PHP, you're probably used to putting code under the
-    Web server's document root (in a place such as ``/var/www``). With Django,
-    you don't do that. It's not a good idea to put any of this Python code
-    within your Web server's document root, because it risks the possibility
-    that people may be able to view your code over the Web. That's not good for
-    security.
+    If your background is in plain old PHP (with no use of modern frameworks),
+    you're probably used to putting code under the Web server's document root
+    (in a place such as ``/var/www``). With Django, you don't do that. It's
+    not a good idea to put any of this Python code within your Web server's
+    document root, because it risks the possibility that people may be able
+    to view your code over the Web. That's not good for security.
 
     Put your code in some directory **outside** of the document root, such as
     :file:`/home/mycode`.
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt
index 5adfc9a490..3159ee88c2 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial03.txt
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ be used to identify the matched pattern; and ``\d+`` is a regular expression to
 match a sequence of digits (i.e., a number).
 
 Because the URL patterns are regular expressions, there really is no limit on
-what you can do with them. And there's no need to add URL cruft such as ``.php``
--- unless you have a sick sense of humor, in which case you can do something
-like this::
+what you can do with them. And there's no need to add URL cruft such as
+``.html`` -- unless you want to, in which case you can do something like
+this::
 
-    (r'^polls/latest\.php$', 'polls.views.index'),
+    (r'^polls/latest\.html$', 'polls.views.index'),
 
 But, don't do that. It's silly.
 
diff --git a/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt b/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt
index c4fb582df9..0101da9586 100644
--- a/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ We see a template system as a tool that controls presentation and
 presentation-related logic -- and that's it. The template system shouldn't
 support functionality that goes beyond this basic goal.
 
-If we wanted to put everything in templates, we'd be using PHP. Been there,
-done that, wised up.
-
 Discourage redundancy
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/templates.txt b/docs/topics/templates.txt
index af45a8d95b..fb2119515b 100644
--- a/docs/topics/templates.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/templates.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ or CheetahTemplate_, you should feel right at home with Django's templates.
 .. admonition:: Philosophy
 
     If you have a background in programming, or if you're used to languages
-    like PHP which mix programming code directly into HTML, you'll want to
-    bear in mind that the Django template system is not simply Python embedded
-    into HTML. This is by design: the template system is meant to express
+    which mix programming code directly into HTML, you'll want to bear in
+    mind that the Django template system is not simply Python embedded into
+    HTML. This is by design: the template system is meant to express
     presentation, not program logic.
 
     The Django template system provides tags which function similarly to some