<s>
PHPDoc	B-Language
is	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Javadoc	B-Language
for	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
still	O
an	O
informal	O
standard	O
for	O
commenting	O
PHP	B-Application
code	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
being	O
formalized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
external	O
document	O
generators	O
like	O
phpDocumentor	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
implementation	O
,	O
to	O
generate	O
documentation	O
of	O
APIs	B-Application
and	O
helps	O
some	O
IDEs	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Zend	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
NetBeans	B-Application
,	O
JetBrains	O
PhpStorm	O
,	O
ActiveState	B-Language
Komodo	I-Language
Edit	I-Language
and	I-Language
IDE	I-Language
,	O
PHPEdit	B-Language
and	O
Aptana	B-General_Concept
Studio	I-General_Concept
to	O
interpret	O
variable	O
types	O
and	O
other	O
ambiguities	O
in	O
the	O
loosely	O
typed	O
language	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
improved	O
code	O
completion	O
,	O
type	O
hinting	O
and	O
debugging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PHPDoc	B-Language
supports	O
documentation	O
of	O
both	O
object-oriented	B-Language
and	O
procedural	B-Application
code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
Framework	O
Interoperability	O
Group	O
began	O
writing	O
a	O
formal	O
specification	O
(	O
PSR	O
)	O
for	O
PHPDoc	B-Language
.	O
</s>
