Implemented global.ent entities for all external URLs, these new entities were

added to global.ent via php/doc-base@f8bdf40
Sorry translators for this extra work!
Note: Notes containing 'windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases' were
removed as the associated entity will disappear one day via php/doc-base#143

Author: philip

appendices/about.xml

@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ Returns the length of given string.
   </para>
   <para>
    If an error is found in this manual, in any language, please report them
-   using the issue tracker of the respective language repository at <link xlink:href="https://github.com/php/?q=doc">https://github.com/php</link>;
+   using the issue tracker of the respective language repository at <link xlink:href="&url.php.git;">&url.php.git;</link>;
    for instance, errors in the English manual should be reported at
-   <link xlink:href="https://github.com/php/doc-en/issues">https://github.com/php/doc-en/issues</link>.
+   <link xlink:href="&url.php.git;doc-en/issues">&url.php.git;doc-en/issues</link>.
    All documentation related
    problems, including those about manual formats, should be submitted as bug 
    reports.

appendices/migration84/incompatible.xml

@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
    As a consequence, this means <literal>{,3}</literal> is now recognized
    as a quantifier instead of as text.
    Furthermore, the meaning of some character classes in UCP mode has changed.
-   Consult the <link xlink:href="https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/blob/master/NEWS">PCRE2 Changelog</link>
+   Consult the <link xlink:href="&url.pcre2.changelog;">PCRE2 Changelog</link>
    for a full changelog.
   </simpara>
  </sect2>

faq/obtaining.xml

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
     </question>
     <answer>
      <para>
-      See the PHP Wiki for the latest instructions: <link xlink:href="https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild">Step by Step Build Instructions</link>
+      See the PHP Wiki for the latest instructions: <link xlink:href="&url.php.win.build2;">Step by Step Build Instructions</link>
 
     </para>
     </answer>

install/cloud/azure.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
     <listitem>
-      <para>Azure portal: create, edit settings and delete web sites. <link xlink:href="https://portal.azure.com/">Azure Portal</link>
+      <para>Azure portal: create, edit settings and delete web sites. <link xlink:href="&url.azure.portal;">Azure Portal</link>
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>There is also a PHP SDK for programmatically using many Azure Services from your PHP code. See <link xlink:href="https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-php">Azure SDK for PHP</link>.
+  <para>There is also a PHP SDK for programmatically using many Azure Services from your PHP code. See <link xlink:href="&url.azure.php.sdk;">Azure SDK for PHP</link>.
   </para>
 
-  <para>For more information, see <link xlink:href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/php/">Azure PHP Developer Center</link>
+  <para>For more information, see <link xlink:href="&url.azure.php;">Azure PHP Developer Center</link>
   </para>
 
   <sect2>

install/cloud/digitalocean.xml

@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
  <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
   <listitem>
    <para>
-    <link xlink:href="https://www.cloudways.com/en/managed-hosting-for-digital-ocean.php">Cloudways</link>:
+    <link xlink:href="&url.docean.cloudways;">Cloudways</link>:
     One-click deployment of major PHP applications:
     WordPress, Magento, Drupal, Laravel, and more.
    </para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>
-    <link xlink:href="https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets">Droplet</link>:
+    <link xlink:href="&url.docean.droplet;">Droplet</link>:
     Virtual machine boxes and installing
     <link xlink:href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04">
      Lamp stack on a Linux server
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>
-    <link xlink:href="https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform">App Platform</link>:
+    <link xlink:href="&url.docean.app.platform;">App Platform</link>:
     Managed infrastructure to build, deploy, and scale apps quickly.
     Learn
     <link xlink:href="https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/getting-started/sample-apps/php/">
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>
-    <link xlink:href="https://www.digitalocean.com/products/functions">Functions</link>:
+    <link xlink:href="&url.docean.functions;">Functions</link>:
     Serverless platform that allows developers to run code without provisioning or managing servers.
     PHP is supported natively.
     Learn

install/macos/packages.xml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   </simpara>
   <simpara>
    An easy way to install PHP on macOS is with the
-   <link xlink:href="https://brew.sh/">Homebrew</link> packaging manager.
+   <link xlink:href="&url.brew;">Homebrew</link> packaging manager.
   </simpara>
   <orderedlist>
    <listitem>

install/unix/litespeed.xml

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
    <para>
     To obtain and install either LiteSpeed Web Server or OpenLiteSpeed Web Server, visit the
     LiteSpeed Web Server documentation
-    <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/products/lsws/installation/">install page</link>
+    <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.lsws;">install page</link>
     or OpenLiteSpeed documentation 
-    <link xlink:href="https://openlitespeed.org/kb/category/installation/more-installation-methods/">install page</link>.
+    <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.install;">install page</link>.
    </para>
   </listitem>
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
   now be running with support for PHP as an SAPI extension. There are many more
   configuration options available for LSWS / OLS and PHP. For more information,
   check out the LiteSpeed documentation about 
-  <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/extapp/php/configuration/control/">PHP</link>.
+  <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.php;">PHP</link>.
  </para>
 
  <para>
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ PHP_LSAPI_MAX_REQUESTS=500 PHP_LSAPI_CHILDREN=35 /path/to/lsphp -b IP_address:po
   Currently LiteSpeed PHP can be used with LiteSpeed Web Server, 
   OpenLiteSpeed Web Server, and Apache mod_lsapi. For steps on 
   server-side configuration, visit the documentation pages for 
-  <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/extapp/php/getting_started/">LiteSpeed Web Server</link> 
-  and <link xlink:href="https://openlitespeed.org/kb/category/installation/php-installation-guides/">OpenLiteSpeed</link>.
+  <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.web.server;">LiteSpeed Web Server</link> 
+  and <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.open;">OpenLiteSpeed</link>.
  </para>
 
  <para>
@@ -225,25 +225,25 @@ PHP_LSAPI_MAX_REQUESTS=500 PHP_LSAPI_CHILDREN=35 /path/to/lsphp -b IP_address:po
  <para>
   CentOS:
   On CentOS, LSPHP can be installed from the LiteSpeed Repository or the Remi 
-  Repository  using <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/extapp/php/getting_started/#litespeed-repo-search-packages">RPM</link>.
+  Repository  using <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.packages;">RPM</link>.
  </para>
 
  <para>
   Debian:
   On Debian, LSPHP can be installed from the LiteSpeed Repository using 
-  <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/extapp/php/getting_started/#litespeed-repo-search-packages">apt</link>.
+  <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.packages;">apt</link>.
  </para>
 
  <para>
   cPanel:
-  Visit the respective <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/cp/cpanel/quickstart/#easyapache-integration">documentation page</link> 
+  Visit the respective <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.cpanel;">documentation page</link> 
   about how to install LSPHP with cPanel and LSWS/OLS using EasyApache 4.
  </para>
 
  <para>
   Plesk:
   Plesk can be used with LSPHP on CentOS, CloudLinux, Debian, and Ubuntu, 
-  for more details on this, visit the respective <link xlink:href="https://docs.litespeedtech.com/cp/plesk/">documentation page</link>
+  for more details on this, visit the respective <link xlink:href="&url.litespeed.plesk;">documentation page</link>
  </para>
 </sect1>
 

install/unix/openbsd.xml

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Follow the instructions shown with each package!
      requires Xorg to be installed. Unless already installed at base install by
      adding the <filename>xbase.tgz</filename> file set, this can be added at
      post-installation (see
-     <link xlink:href="https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#FilesNeeded">OpenBSD FAQ#4</link>).
+     <link xlink:href="&url.openbsd.faq4;">OpenBSD FAQ#4</link>).
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>

install/windows/iis.xml

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
    On Windows Server, the IIS role can be added via the Server Manager.
    The CGI Role Feature needs to be included.
    On Windows Desktop, IIS has to be added via the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs.
-   The Microsoft documentation has <link xlink:href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms181052(v=vs.80)">detailed instructions for enabling IIS</link>.
+   The Microsoft documentation has <link xlink:href="&url.iis.enable;">detailed instructions for enabling IIS</link>.
    For development,
-   <link xlink:href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48264">IIS/Express</link> can also be used.
+   <link xlink:href="&url.iis.express;">IIS/Express</link> can also be used.
   </simpara>
   <note>
    <simpara>

install/windows/recommended.xml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ opcache.enable_cli=On
 
    If high performance is needed, use the object cache in the applications.
 
-   See: <link xlink:href="http://pecl.php.net/package/WinCache">http://pecl.php.net/package/WinCache</link>
+   See: <link xlink:href="&url.pecl.package;WinCache">&url.pecl.package;WinCache</link>
    to download a WinCache DLL (or <filename>WINCACHE_<replaceable>*</replaceable>.tgz</filename>)
    to the PHP extensions directory
    (<link linkend="ini.extension-dir">extension_dir</link> in the <filename>php.ini</filename>).