Comment associative array in PHP Documentor

Question

I use several associative arrays in my PHP application and I\'m using PHP documentor to comment my sources. I never really did specify comments for the arrays in an array, b

Answer 1

I would look at the WordPress Inline Documentation Reference for some hints, though it's not currently comprehensive.

Use @param or @var or @property, whichever is appropriate in your context

According to those guidelines, you might document your associative array like this:

/**
 * @property array $my_array {
 *     An array of parameters that customize the way the parser works.
 *
 *     @type boolean $ignore_whitespace Whether to gobble up whitespace. Default true.
 *     @type string $error_level What the error reporting level is. Default 'none'.
 *                               Accepts 'none', 'low', 'high'.
 * }
 */