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

phpDocumentor 1.4.0 Released, available through PEAR and on SourceForge

Phpdocumentor 1.4.0a1 is a alpha release containing a number of feature additions

phpDocumentor version 1.3.2 has been released through SourceForge and through pear.php.net.

PhpDocumentor 1.3.0 stable is released. You can get the new version from PEAR or from our sourceforge page.

Full PHP5 support and over 75 bugs fixed. Switches phpDocumentor to the lgpl license