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cebe/markdown-latex
===================

A super fast, highly extensible markdown parser for PHP, that converts markdown files into latex

1.1.5(7y ago)51766.1k↓20.2%5[1 PRs](https://github.com/cebe/markdown-latex/pulls)7MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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markdown-latex
==============

[](#markdown-latex)

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A markdown parser for converting markdown to LaTeX written in PHP.

Implementation based on [cebe/markdown](https://github.com/cebe/markdown "A markdown parser for PHP").

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

[](#installation)

PHP 5.4 or higher is required to use it.

Installation is recommended to be done via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/ "The PHP package manager") by adding the following to the `require` section in your `composer.json`:

```
"cebe/markdown-latex": "*"
```

Run `composer update` afterwards.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### In your PHP project

[](#in-your-php-project)

To use the parser as is, you just create an instance of a provided flavor class and call the `parse()`- or `parseParagraph()`-method:

```
// default markdown and parse full text
$parser = new \cebe\markdown\latex\Markdown();
$parser->parse($markdown);

// use github
$parser = new \cebe\markdown\latex\GithubMarkdown();
$parser->parse($markdown);

// parse only inline elements (useful for one-line descriptions)
$parser = new \cebe\markdown\latex\GithubMarkdown();
$parser->parseParagraph($markdown);
```

### The command line script

[](#the-command-line-script)

You can use it to render this readme:

```
bin/markdown-latex README.md > output.tex

```

Using github flavored markdown:

```
bin/markdown-latex --flavor=gfm README.md > output.tex

```

or convert the original markdown description to html using the unix pipe:

```
curl http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax.text | bin/markdown-latex > output.tex

```

To create a latex document you have to include the generated latex source in a latex document `main.tex`:

```
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}

% english and utf8
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

% url support
\usepackage{url}

% make links clickable
\usepackage{hyperref}

% code listings
\usepackage{listings}

% include images
\usepackage{graphicx}

% better tables using tabularx
\usepackage{tabularx}

% support github markdown strikethrough
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23711/strikethrough-text
\usepackage{ulem}

\begin{document}

	\include{output.tex}

\end{document}
```

make a PDF with `pdflatex main.tex`.

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~279 days

Recently: every ~250 days

Total

7

Last Release

2555d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![cebe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/189796?v=4)](https://github.com/cebe "cebe (38 commits)")

---

Tags

hacktoberfestlatexmarkdownmarkdown-parsermarkdown-to-pdfphpmarkdowngfmextensiblefastmarkdown-extralatex

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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