An example phpdocs config for a Laravel project type.

phpdoc.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<phpdoc>
  <target>output</target>
  <encoding>utf8</encoding>
  <parser>
    <target>docs</target>
    <markers>
      <item>TODO</item>
      <item>FIXME</item>
    </markers>
    <extensions>
      <extension>php</extension>
      <extension>php3</extension>
      <extension>phtml</extension>
    </extensions>
  </parser>
  <transformer>
    <target>docs</target>
  </transformer>
  <files>
    <directory>./app</directory>
    <directory>./config</directory>
    <directory>./database</directory>
    <directory>./routes</directory>
    <directory>./templates</directory>
  </files>
</phpdoc>

1. Download: http://www.phpdoc.org/phpDocumentor.phar
2. Move to location in your $PATH
3. Rename mv phpDocumentor.phar phpdoc
4. Test phpdoc fires
5. cd into project
6. Copy above config into project. Run phpdoc
7. Open docs/index.html in your browser