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evert/phpdoc-md
===============

PHP documentation generator, with markdown output

0.2.0(10y ago)169170.9k↓34%44[3 PRs](https://github.com/evert/phpdoc-md/pulls)20MITPHPPHP >=5.3.1

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PHPDocumentor MarkDown export
=============================

[](#phpdocumentor-markdown-export)

This is a script that can generate markdown (.md) files for your API documentation.

It is tailored for projects using PSR-0, PSR-1, PSR-2, PSR-4 and namespaces. The project was primarily developed for [sabre/dav](https://sabre.io/), but it should work for other codebases as well.

It only documents classes and interfaces.

The code is ugly, it was intended as a one-off, and I was in a hurry.. so the codebase may not be up to your standards. (it certainly isn't up to mine).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This project assumes you have composer installed. Simply add:

```
"require-dev" : {

    "evert/phpdoc-md" : "~0.2.0"

}

```

To your composer.json, and then you can simply install with:

```
composer install

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First ensure that phpdocumentor 2 is installed somewhere, after, you must generate a file called `structure.xml`.

The easiest is to create a temporary directory, for example named `docs/`.

```
# phpdoc command
phpdoc  -d [project path] -t docs/ --template="xml"

# Next, run phpdocmd:
phpdocmd docs/structure.xml [outputdir]

```

Options
-------

[](#options)

```
--lt [template]
    This specifies the 'template' for links we're generating. By default
    this is "%c.md".

--index [filename]
    This specifies the 'filename' for API Index markdown file we're generating.
    By default this is "ApiIndex.md".

```

This should generate all the .md files. I'm excited to hear your feedback.

Cheers, [Evert](https://twitter.com/evertp)

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity50

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community37

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~133 days

Recently: every ~297 days

Total

10

Last Release

3749d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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