Re: [PHP3] php class documenting program

In article <002501bfd5ef$2d7f9820$4bf21e26@mail.earthlink.net.mail.earthlink.net>, cubadc@earthlink.net ("Christian Calloway") wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I just wrote a documenting program for php classes, in Java, and it works > exactly like javadoc (if your not familiar with javadoc, its a documenting > tool for java classes). Heres the problem though, it records class and > method comments, but only in the javadoc way. For example, > > /** > ** This class will solve all problems > **/ > class HeyYou > { > /** > ** A Perfect Constructor > **/ > function HeyYou() > { > > } > > } > > Now I'de like to release the program for public use, but after looking at > the source from a bunch of different authors, it seems as if everyone writes > their comments differently. Im not a fan of making authors follow strict > guidelines, but I don't see anyway of making a universal comment locator. > Any ideas, suggestions..? The PHP parser is OpenSource, and they almost for sure have a comment stripper as one of the first things in there... It should not be too hard to dig it out and find a way to modify it... Or, find other programs that do this kind of stuff for C and Perl: They're comments are the same syntax. -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)