# Zope Page Templates

> PHPTAL started as a PHP port of, python based, Zope Page Templates. Some functionality is different and some features available in PHPTAL are not in ZPT and the other way around.
> 
> So take the information in the following links with a pinch of salt.

### Specifications

-  [TAL 1.4 specification](http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/TALSpecification14) 
-  [Tales 1.3 specification](http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/TALESSpecification13) 
-  [METAL 1.1 specification](http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/METALSpecification11)

### Manuals

-  [Using ZPT](http://docs.zope.org/zope2/zope2book/ZPT.html) 
-  [Advanced ZPT](http://docs.zope.org/zope2/zope2book/AdvZPT.html) 
-  [ZPT Reference](http://docs.zope.org/zope2/zope2book/AppendixC.html)