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mindkomm/commonmark-searchhighlight-extension
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Extension for CommonMark PHP implementation to highlight search strings in Markdown files

2.0.0(6y ago)418MITPHPPHP ^5.5|^7.0CI failing

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SearchHighlight Extension
=========================

[](#searchhighlight-extension)

SearchHighlight is an extension for the [CommonMark PHP implementation](https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark) and can be used to highlight Markdown text that matches a search string.

The extension adds a `` around the strings that match the search string.

**Example for "something":**

[![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2084481/23606637/e96e6b68-0261-11e7-9249-65a79a544ed7.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2084481/23606637/e96e6b68-0261-11e7-9249-65a79a544ed7.png)

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

[](#installation)

This project can be installed via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require mindkomm/commonmark-searchhighlight-extension

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use League\CommonMark\Environment;
use League\CommonMark\CommonMarkConverter;

use Mind\CommonMark\SearchHighlightExtension\SearchHighlightExtension;

$searchstring = 'Your search string';
$config = [];

$environment = Environment::createCommonMarkEnvironment();

if (!empty($searchstring)) {
    // Pass the search string to the constructor.
    $environment->addExtension(new SearchHighlightExtension($searchstring));
}

$converter = new CommonMarkConverter($config, $environment);

echo $converter->convertToHtml('A text that contains your search string.');
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~1003 days

Total

2

Last Release

2348d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02019-12-05

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2084481?v=4)[Lukas Gächter](/maintainers/gchtr)[@gchtr](https://github.com/gchtr)

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Top Contributors

[![gchtr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2084481?v=4)](https://github.com/gchtr "gchtr (3 commits)")

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Tags

commonmarkmarkdownphp-librarysearchmarkdownhighlightcommonmark

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