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cohensive/markdown
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PHP Markdown variant for Laravel 4.

4.0.0(12y ago)512.9k2BSD-3-ClausePHP

Since Nov 25Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/KaneCohen/laravel-markdown)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cohensive/markdown)[ RSS](/packages/cohensive-markdown/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Markdown Extra for Laravel 4
============================

[](#markdown-extra-for-laravel-4)

This is not a canonical Markdown version. This variant contains several differences:

1. One line break will result in a `` tag - just like in Github Markdown.
2. Underscores (\_) in the middle of the word won't add italics or bold stylings.
3. Grave character (~ also known as tilde) will result in `` tag usually used to add line-through or strike-through styling.
4. Double grave character will result in `` tag wrapping.

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

[](#installation)

Add following require to your `composer.json` file:

```
	// For Laravel 4.1.x+
	"cohensive/markdown": "dev-master"
	// OR for Laravel 4.0.x
	"cohensive/markdown": "4.0.0"

```

Then run `composer install` or `composer update` to download it and autoload.

In `providers` array you need to add new package:

```
'providers' => array(

	//...
	'Cohensive\Markdown\MarkdownServiceProvider',
	//...

)

```

In aliases:

```
'aliases' => array(

	//...
	'Markdown' => 'Cohensive\Markdown\Facades\Markdown'
	//...

)

```

And after all that, we need to add config file, containing several options for Markdown.

```
	php artisan config:publish cohensive/markdown

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
	Markdown::transform('Hello **World**');

```

Laravel 5
---------

[](#laravel-5)

This package won't be supporting Laravel 5 version. Use CommonMark.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4557d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578455?v=4)[Kane Cohen](/maintainers/KaneCohen)[@KaneCohen](https://github.com/KaneCohen)

---

Top Contributors

[![KaneCohen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578455?v=4)](https://github.com/KaneCohen "KaneCohen (31 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelhtmlmarkdown

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