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maurymmarques/markdown-plugin
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A CakePHP plugin that facilitates the use of PHP Markdown with CakePHP

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Since Feb 10Pushed 11y ago4 watchersCompare

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Markdown plugin for CakePHP
===========================

[](#markdown-plugin-for-cakephp)

This plugin facilitates the use of PHP Markdown with CakePHP

PHP Markdown is a port to PHP of the [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown) program written by John Gruber.

“Markdown” is two things: a plain text markup syntax, and a software tool that converts the plain text markup to HTML for publishing on the web.

More info:

For this plugin, the application Markdown is inside Vendor

### Version

[](#version)

Written for CakePHP 2.x

### Copyright

[](#copyright)

Copyright (c) 2011 Maury M. Marques

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

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin using Composer, GIT Submodule, GIT Clone or Manually

*\[Using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/)\]*

Add the plugin to your project's `composer.json` - something like this:

```
{
  "require": {
    "maurymmarques/markdown-plugin": "dev-master"
  },
  "extra": {
    "installer-paths": {
      "app/Plugin/Markdown": ["maurymmarques/markdown-plugin"]
    }
  }
}
```

Then just run `composer install`

Because this plugin has the type `cakephp-plugin` set in it's own `composer.json`, composer knows to install it inside your `/Plugin` directory, rather than in the usual vendors file.

*\[GIT Submodule\]*

In your app directory (`app/Plugin`) type:

```
git submodule add git://github.com/maurymmarques/markdown-cakephp.git Plugin/Markdown
git submodule init
git submodule update
```

*\[GIT Clone\]*

In your plugin directory (`app/Plugin` or `plugins`) type:

```
git clone https://github.com/maurymmarques/markdown-cakephp.git Markdown
```

*\[Manual\]*

- Download the [Markdown archive](https://github.com/maurymmarques/markdown-cakephp/archive/master.zip).
- Unzip that download.
- Rename the resulting folder to `Markdown`
- Then copy this folder into `app/Plugin/` or `plugins`

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

[](#configuration)

Bootstrap the plugin in app/Config/bootstrap.php:

```
CakePlugin::load(array('Markdown' => array('bootstrap' => true)));
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Enable the helper using the [plugin syntax](http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/appendices/glossary.html#term-plugin-syntax)

If desired, set the component to assist with the return of data from the markdown.

```
// in app/Controller/BakeriesController.php
class BakeriesController extends AppController {

		public $helpers = array('Markdown.Markdown');

		public function index() {
			$this->set('textInMarkdownFormat', $yourTextInMarkdownFormat);
		}
}
```

Or, if the markdown content is in a file...

```
// in app/Controller/BakeriesController.php
class BakeriesController extends AppController {

		public $helpers = array('Markdown.Markdown');
		public $components = array('Markdown.Markdown');

		public function index() {
			$this->set('textInMarkdownFormat', $this->Markdown->getFile($pathToMarkdownFile));
		}
}
```

In the view you can use something like:

```
// in app/View/Bakeries/index.ctp
echo $this->Markdown->transform($textInMarkdownFormat);
```

In the model you can use something like:

```
// in app/Model/Bakery.php
class BakeryModel extends AppModel {

	public $actsAs = array('Markdown.Markdown');

	public function beforeSave($options = array()) {
		$this->data[$this->alias]['text_html'] = $this->transform( $this->data[$this->alias]['text_md'] );
		return true;
	}
}
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/338086?v=4)[Maury Marques](/maintainers/maurymmarques)[@maurymmarques](https://github.com/maurymmarques)

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