PHPDoc

PHPDoc is an adaptation of <a href="/facts/Javadoc/pm72Xvlf">Javadoc</a> format for the <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a>. It is still an informal standard for <a href="/facts/Comment_(computer_programming)/Q8hHFq8h">commenting</a> PHP code, but it is in the process of being formalized. It allows external document generators like <a href="/facts/PhpDocumentor/jsAAvsaK">phpDocumentor</a>, which is the de facto standard implementation, to generate documentation of <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a> and helps some <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">IDEs</a> such as <a href="/facts/Zend_Studio/CVkC3TXo">Zend Studio</a>, <a href="/facts/NetBeans/9kqvIVFG">NetBeans</a>, <a href="/facts/PhpStorm/z5vebwlr">JetBrains PhpStorm</a>, <a href="/facts/ActiveState_Komodo/1QXdSvsT">ActiveState Komodo Edit and IDE</a>, <a href="/facts/PHPEdit/4bRaqJye">PHPEdit</a> and <a href="/facts/Aptana/adXuoyn1">Aptana Studio</a> to interpret variable types and other ambiguities in the <a href="/facts/Typed_and_untyped_languages/cWTYbgWa">loosely typed language</a> and to provide improved <a href="/facts/Autocomplete/eLNAGYlS">code completion</a>, type hinting and debugging.
PHPDoc supports documentation of both <a href="/facts/Object-oriented/TxNMEcao">object-oriented</a> and <a href="/facts/Procedural_programming/7r5xz7kx">procedural</a> code.
On August 13, 2013 the PHP Framework Interoperability Group began writing a formal specification (PSR) for PHPDoc.

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