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<sect1 id="zend.amf.introduction">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
        <classname>Zend_Amf</classname> provides support for Adobe's <ulink
        url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Message_Format">Action
        Message Format</ulink> (<acronym>AMF</acronym>), to allow communication between Adobe's
        <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player">Flash
        Player</ulink> and <acronym>PHP</acronym>. Specifically, it provides a gateway server
        implementation for handling requests sent from the Flash Player to the
        server and mapping these requests to object and class methods and
        arbitrary callbacks.
    </para>

    <para>
        The <ulink url="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/amf/amf3_spec_121207.pdf">AMF3
        specification</ulink> is freely available, and serves as a reference
        for what types of messages may be sent between the Flash Player and
        server.
    </para>
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