Installation

Requirements

• PHP 8.4 or higher

Composer

Install DocTest as a development dependency:

composer require --dev testflowlabs/doctest

After installation, the doctest binary is available at:

vendor/bin/doctest

Verify Installation

Run without arguments to test the default paths (docs/ and README.md):

vendor/bin/doctest

If no markdown files contain PHP code blocks, DocTest will exit cleanly with no output.

Framework Bootstrap

If your documentation examples need a framework (Laravel, Symfony, etc.), configure a bootstrap file. See Framework Bootstrap for details.

Configuration

Create an optional doctest.php in your project root to customize paths, timeouts, and reporters:

touch doctest.php

See Configuration for the full reference.