phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor

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phpDocumentor is the de-facto documentation generator for PHP projects, producing API documentation from source code and DocBlock comments. It also generates UML class diagrams and supports Markdown and RestructuredText guides with API integration.

Use cases

• generate api documentation for a php project
• document php code from docblocks
• create uml class diagrams from php source
• integrate documentation generation into ci pipeline
• write project guides in markdown alongside api docs
• publish searchable offline php api docs

When to choose

• you maintain a PHP library or application and want standard PHPDoc-based API docs
• you need UML diagrams and markup guides alongside API documentation
• you want CI-friendly docs generation via Docker, PHAR, or GitHub Action

When to avoid

• your project is not written in PHP
• you need runtime or user-facing documentation rather than API reference
• you want a lightweight docblock linter only rather than a full generator

Facets

application · maturity stable

documentation parser static-site-generator cli documentation developer-tools apis php cli cross-platform api-docs docblocks phpdoc uml-diagrams markdown restructuredtext php docker

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