title: Widely accepted methods for documenting PHP source code in an auto-doc way?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/189516/automatic-php-documentation-generation">Automatic PHP Documentation Generation?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm new to PHP, and my current job requires me to pick up the language at an extremely quick pace.</p>
  
  <p>I'm a documentation stickler. I even like to write documentation. I'm familiar with accepted documentation syntax and tools for a handful of languages.</p>
  
  <p>This is not the case for PHP.</p>
  
  <p>I know there are always multiple methods for writing doc-able source code comments, and there are usually various tools for each language. However, I'm in an environment that hasn't mandated a standard way of commenting, nor a standard PHP autodoc tool. That gives me freedom to choose, and a bit of paralysis-by-analysis to go along with it.</p>
  
  <p>Is phpDocumentor (<a href="http://www.phpdoc.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.phpdoc.org/</a>) an acceptable standard tool for PHP autodocs?</p>
  
  <p>Is it acceptable to follow the general JavaDoc guidelines for code when documenting PHP code?</p>