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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)[](https://coveralls.io/github/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock?branch=master)[](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/?branch=master)[](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/phpDocumentor/ReflectionDocBlock/?branch=master)[](https://packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock)[](https://packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock)ReflectionDocBlock==================Introduction------------The ReflectionDocBlock component of phpDocumentor provides a DocBlock parserthat is 100% compatible with the [PHPDoc standard](http://phpdoc.org/docs/latest).With this component, a library can provide support for annotations via DocBlocksor otherwise retrieve information that is embedded in a DocBlock.Installation------------```bashcomposer require phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock```Usage-----In order to parse the DocBlock one needs a DocBlockFactory that can beinstantiated using its `createInstance` factory method like this:```php$factory = \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlockFactory::createInstance();```Then we can use the `create` method of the factory to interpret the DocBlock.Please note that it is also possible to provide a class that has the`getDocComment()` method, such as an object of type `ReflectionClass`, thecreate method will read that if it exists.```php$docComment = <<<DOCCOMMENT/*** This is an example of a summary.** This is a Description. A Summary and Description are separated by either* two subsequent newlines (thus a whiteline in between as can be seen in this* example), or when the Summary ends with a dot (`.`) and some form of* whitespace.*/DOCCOMMENT;$docblock = $factory->create($docComment);```The `create` method will yield an object of type `\phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock`whose methods can be queried:```php// Contains the summary for this DocBlock$summary = $docblock->getSummary();// Contains \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description object$description = $docblock->getDescription();// You can either cast it to string$description = (string) $docblock->getDescription();// Or use the render method to get a string representation of the Description.$description = $docblock->getDescription()->render();```> For more examples it would be best to review the scripts in the [`/examples` folder](/examples).