The phpDocumentor tool is a standalone auto-documentor similar to JavaDoc written in PHP. It had a large number of features, the major ones are listed below.
* output in HTML, PDF (directly), CHM (with windows help compiler), XML DocBook
* very fast
* web and command-line interface
* fully customizable output with Smarty-based templates
* recognizes JavaDoc-style documentation with special tags customized for PHP 4
* automatic linking, class inheritance diagrams and intelligent override
* customizable source code highlighting, with phpxref-style cross-referencing
* parses standard README/CHANGELOG/INSTALL/FAQ files and includes them directly in documentation
* generates a todo list from @todo tags in source
* generates multiple documentation sets based on @access private, @internal and {@internal} tags
* example php files can be placed directly in documentation with highlighting and phpxref linking using the @example tag
* linking between external manual and API documentation is possible at the sub-section level in all output formats
* easily extended for specific documentation needs with Converter
* full documentation of every feature, manual can be generated directly from the source code with "phpdoc -c makedocs" in any format desired.
* current manual always available at
http://www.phpdoc.org/manual.php
* user .ini files can be used to control output, multiple outputs can be generated at once
