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jbroadway/slimdown
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A simple regex-based Markdown parser.

1.0.6-stable(1y ago)357.7k↓50%7[1 PRs](https://github.com/jbroadway/slimdown/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.2

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Slimdown
========

[](#slimdown)

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A simple regex-based Markdown parser in PHP. Supports the following elements (and can be extended via `Slimdown::add_rule()`):

- Headers
- Links
- Bold
- Emphasis
- Deletions
- Quotes
- Code blocks
- Inline code
- Blockquotes
- Ordered/unordered lists
- Checklists
- Images

Originally hosted as a [gist here](https://gist.github.com/jbroadway/2836900).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Here is the general use case:

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