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[Search & Filtering](/categories/search) 4. / 5. mjohnson/decoda ActiveLibrary[Search & Filtering](/categories/search) mjohnson/decoda =============== A lightweight lexical string parser for BBCode styled markup. 6.13.0(3y ago)1971.3M—0.9%50[4 issues](https://github.com/milesj/decoda/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/milesj/decoda/pulls)12MITPHPPHP >=7.3.0 Since Jul 8Pushed 3y ago12 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/milesj/decoda)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mjohnson/decoda)[ Docs](http://milesj.me/code/php/decoda)[ RSS](/packages/mjohnson-decoda/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (2)Versions (58)Used By (12) Decoda ====== [](#decoda) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b03d1b3a50e58041ddd365e11ba32cb9a6e6c9ddf2b12d32cc6499c766378a86/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d696c65736a2f6465636f64612e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/milesj/decoda)[![Minimum PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/eed4d5cf01364b115489810f47ed4b33191d997e7ab4014f3daff1c09fbae7d9/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7068702d253345253344253230372e332d3838393242462e737667)](https://php.net/)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/62c328eaff92e95ea4ed4c55984f037795b5bb0e80359d080232fd0a05587464/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d6a6f686e736f6e2f6465636f64612f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/mjohnson/decoda)[![PHPStan](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f60d96f7c2579690ab6dfa8918f777fe93a02a92301c661eb38a85861a92b780/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048505374616e2d6c6576656c253230382d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://phpstan.org/)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6717678220779b1a2a0b5e4d7d6e9c093c8f775222dda88c8d1502b1dc4ddaa4/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d6a6f686e736f6e2f6465636f64612f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/mjohnson/decoda) A lightweight lexical string parser for BBCode styled markup. Contributors ------------ [](#contributors) - "Marten-Plain" emoticons by Mårten Lundin - [http://adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra\_id=6920](http://adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra_id=6920) - "HTML\_BBCodeParser" by Seth Price - [http://pear.php.net/package/HTML\_BBCodeParser/](http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_BBCodeParser/) Framework Integrations ---------------------- [](#framework-integrations) - CakePHP - using [Markup plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-markup). - Symfony - using [FMBbCodeBundle](https://github.com/helios-ag/FMBbCodeBundle). Features -------- [](#features) - Parses custom code to valid (X)HTML markup - Setting to make links and emails auto-clickable - Setting to use shorthand text for links and emails - Filters to parse markup and custom code - Hooks to execute callbacks during the parsing cycle - Loaders to load resources and files for configuration - Engines to render complex markup using a template system - Can censor offensive words - Can convert smiley faces into images - Basic support for localized messages - Parser result caching - Supports a wide range of tags - Parent child node hierarchy - Fixes incorrectly nested tags by removing the broken/unclosed tags - Self closing tags - Logs errors for validation - Tag and attribute aliasing Filters ------- [](#filters) The following filters and supported tags are available. - Default - b, i, u, s, sup, sub, br, hr, abbr, time - Block - align, float, hide, alert, note, div, spoiler, left, right, center, justify - Code - code, source, var - Email - email, mail - Image - image, img - List - list, olist, ol, ul, li, \* - Quote - quote - Text - font, size, color, h1-h6 - Url - url, link - Video - video, youtube, vimeo, veoh, liveleak, dailymotion, myspace, wegame, collegehumor - Table - table, thead, tbody, tfoot, tr, td, th, row, col Hooks ----- [](#hooks) The following hooks are available. - Censor - Censors all words found within config/censored - Clickable - Converts all non-tag wrapped URLs and emails into clickable links - Emoticon - Converts all smilies found within config/emoticons into emoticon images Storage Engines --------------- [](#storage-engines) The following caching layers are supported. - In-Memory - Memcache - Redis Installation and Usage ---------------------- [](#installation-and-usage) See [docs](/docs). ### Health Score 50 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity58 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community38 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity72 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 77.1% 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 ~67 days Recently: every ~478 days Total 57 Last Release 1284d ago Major Versions 3.x-dev → 4.0.0-beta2012-09-21 4.x-dev → 5.0.0-beta2012-12-30 5.1.3 → 6.0.0-rc12013-03-30 PHP version history (4 changes)3.4PHP >=5.2 4.0.0-betaPHP >=5.3 5.1.1PHP >=5.3.0 6.13.0PHP >=7.3.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7fde949ba5bf8f6af95b77cf88fe1362c4cc7519edbcd4f8891f1564da621fdb?d=identicon)[milesj](/maintainers/milesj) --- Top Contributors [![milesj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/143744?v=4)](https://github.com/milesj "milesj (413 commits)")[![alquerci](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2987860?v=4)](https://github.com/alquerci "alquerci (32 commits)")[![vladrusu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1551081?v=4)](https://github.com/vladrusu "vladrusu (29 commits)")[![dereuromark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39854?v=4)](https://github.com/dereuromark "dereuromark (29 commits)")[![uzegonemad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/430255?v=4)](https://github.com/uzegonemad "uzegonemad (3 commits)")[![BlueM](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1493457?v=4)](https://github.com/BlueM "BlueM (3 commits)")[![Loveangel1337](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3483081?v=4)](https://github.com/Loveangel1337 "Loveangel1337 (3 commits)")[![helios-ag](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/334907?v=4)](https://github.com/helios-ag "helios-ag (3 commits)")[![hilobok](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/194895?v=4)](https://github.com/hilobok "hilobok (3 commits)")[![jonnsl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/217452?v=4)](https://github.com/jonnsl "jonnsl (3 commits)")[![gignonje](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1492645?v=4)](https://github.com/gignonje "gignonje (2 commits)")[![HDVinnie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12850699?v=4)](https://github.com/HDVinnie "HDVinnie (2 commits)")[![yuks](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2283558?v=4)](https://github.com/yuks "yuks (1 commits)")[![Amegatron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6664497?v=4)](https://github.com/Amegatron "Amegatron (1 commits)")[![darthryking](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5000346?v=4)](https://github.com/darthryking "darthryking (1 commits)")[![fkrauthan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1679841?v=4)](https://github.com/fkrauthan "fkrauthan (1 commits)")[![hisorange](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3441017?v=4)](https://github.com/hisorange "hisorange (1 commits)")[![jcrombez](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/777666?v=4)](https://github.com/jcrombez "jcrombez (1 commits)")[![lgiraudel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/487214?v=4)](https://github.com/lgiraudel "lgiraudel (1 commits)")[![maarekj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1654977?v=4)](https://github.com/maarekj "maarekj (1 commits)") --- Tags bbcodebbcode-parserdecodaemoticonsfiltershookslexical-parserphpparserlexerfilterHOOKmarkupbbcodedecoda ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/mjohnson-decoda/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/mjohnson-decoda/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/mjohnson-decoda) ``` ### Alternatives [clue/stream-filter A simple and modern approach to stream filtering in PHP 1.7k261.7M7](/packages/clue-stream-filter)[s9e/text-formatter Multi-purpose text formatting and markup library. 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