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bretrzaun/silex-markdown
========================

A lightweight markdown service provider for Silex

2.0.0(9y ago)0125MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Oct 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Silex-Markdown
==============

[](#silex-markdown)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0073cd2867dc0438c38b18d9fa0af1c2a4d1424003f336a501e15d221b75cbed/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f62726574727a61756e2f73696c65782d6d61726b646f776e2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/bretrzaun/silex-markdown)[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/10c30dcb46de5dcbde72efff7240557a296299dc2be2c7f832a92d0b109013d4/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f62726574727a61756e2f53696c65782d4d61726b646f776e2f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/bretrzaun/Silex-Markdown/?branch=master)

A lightweight markdown service provider for Silex. Uses the [michelf/php-markdown](https://packagist.org/packages/michelf/php-markdown) markdown parser.

Based on: [nicl/silex-markdown](https://github.com/nicl/Silex-Markdown)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Recommended installation is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). Just add the following to your `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "bretrzaun/silex-markdown": "^1.0"
    }
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To use the service provider first register it:

```
$app->register(new MarkdownServiceProvider());

```

You can then use the markdown filter in Twig files. For example:

```
{{ '#Hello World'|markdown }}

```

In addition, you also have access to the Markdown parser itself. Simply instantiate it and call the `transform` method as follows:

```
$app['markdown']->transform($txt);

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

### Parameters

[](#parameters)

- **markdown.factory**: Name of the service that will create `Michelf\MarkdownInterface` instances, string.
- **markdown.parser**: Name of the built-in parser to use, string. *Default: markdown*

    Available options:

    - **markdown**: Standard Markdown parser
    - **extra**: Markdown Extra parser

### Services

[](#services)

- **markdown**: Markdown parser, instance of `Michelf\MarkdownInterface`.

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

If you wish to run the tests then, from the silex-markdown root directory run:

```
composer test

```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 51% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~524 days

Total

4

Last Release

3479d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02017-02-04

PHP version history (2 changes)1.2.0PHP >5.5

2.0.0PHP >=7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/277782?v=4)[Bret R. Zaun](/maintainers/bretrzaun)[@bretrzaun](https://github.com/bretrzaun)

---

Top Contributors

[![nicl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/858402?v=4)](https://github.com/nicl "nicl (22 commits)")[![bretrzaun](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/277782?v=4)](https://github.com/bretrzaun "bretrzaun (11 commits)")[![mlebkowski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/848731?v=4)](https://github.com/mlebkowski "mlebkowski (3 commits)")[![simensen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/191200?v=4)](https://github.com/simensen "simensen (3 commits)")[![dazz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/182954?v=4)](https://github.com/dazz "dazz (1 commits)")[![javiereguiluz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73419?v=4)](https://github.com/javiereguiluz "javiereguiluz (1 commits)")

---

Tags

markdownsilexsilex-providermarkdownsilex

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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