phpDocumentor is an
open-source
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documentation generator written in
PHP. It automatically parses PHP
source code and produces readable
API and source code documentation, based on
PHPDoc-formatted comments and the structure of the source code itself. It supports documentation of both
object-oriented and
procedural
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* Procedural generation, a term used in computer graphics applications
*Procedural knowledge, the knowledge exercised in the performance of some task
* Procedural law, a legal concept
*Procedural memory, a cognitive scienc ...
code. phpDocumentor runs at the
command line to create documentation in
HTML format. It has support for linking between documentation, incorporating user level documents like tutorials, and creation of highlighted source code with cross referencing to PHP general documentation.
phpDocumentor 1.x could parse PHP syntax of PHP 4 up to PHP 5.2.
In March 2012, the DocBlox project merged with the 1.x branch of phpDocumentor, resulting in the new major version release of phpDocumentor 2. The first
alpha
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was released on March 16, 2012. phpDocumentor 2.x supported syntax for PHP 5.3 up to 7.0.
The 3.0 major version release occurred on October 27, 2020.
This brought PHP syntax readability up to 7.4.
See also
*
Comparison of documentation generators
*
PHPDoc standard for commenting PHP code
External links
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References
Free documentation generators
PHP software
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