The ReflectionDocBlock Component

ReflectionDocBlock is a PHP component for parsing PHPDoc-style DocBlocks. It lets libraries and tools read structured documentation comments and extract information such as descriptions, tags, types, parameters, return values, and annotations. The component is associated with phpDocumentor and is designed to be compatible with the PHPDoc standard. It is useful for documentation generators, static analysis tools, IDE helpers, annotation systems, and frameworks that depend on metadata stored in comments. Developers can install it through Composer and use it as a reusable parser rather than writing custom DocBlock handling. The project helps PHP tooling turn human-written comments into structured data that software can inspect.