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natedrake/markdown
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PHP markdown converter

1.3.1(9y ago)022MITPHP

Since Mar 26Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Markdown
============

[](#php-markdown)

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PHP Markdown Converter
----------------------

[](#php-markdown-converter)

1. [Headings](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#headings)
2. [Italics](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#italics)
3. [Bold](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#bold)
4. [Strike Through](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#strike-through)
5. [Links](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#links)
6. [Images](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#images)
7. [Lists](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#lists)
    - [Unordered List](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#unordered-lists)
    - [Ordered List](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#ordered-lists)
8. [Block Quotes](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#block-quotes)
9. [Tables](https://github.com/natedrake/markdown/blob/master/README.md#tables)

Markdown is a PHP library for converting markdown to markup. It is a useful tool for creating documentation on a web page. For example, if your website contains a blog, wiki pages, any sort of editing from users you could allow them to style their documents using markdown.

### Headings

[](#headings)

`#` ``

`##` ``

`###` ``

`####` ``

`#####` ``

`## This is a Heading Two` will produce the following markup `This is a Heading Two`

### Italics

[](#italics)

`__text__`

Wrap text in `__` to make it italics

`__this text is italic__` will produce the following markup `this text is italic`

### Bold

[](#bold)

`**text**`

Wrap text in `**` to make it bold

`**this text is bold**` will produce the following markup `this text is bold`

### Links

[](#links)

`[Text](Hyperlink)`

Create links by inserting the link text in square brackets followed by the hyperlink in normal brackets

[Google](https://google.ie)

`[Google](https://google.ie)` will product the following markup `Google`

### Images

[](#images)

`![Alt Text](link to image)`

Create images by inserting the alternate text in square brackets followed by the link to the image in normal brackets

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`![Git Logo](https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/modules/logos_page/GitHub-Logo.png)` will produce the following markup ``

### Code

[](#code)

Create inline code elements by surrounding elements in ````var x;````;

````var x;````

produces the following markup

```
var x;
```

if you need to span multiple lines use 4 back-ticks instead of three, and make sure to have one line break inside the back-ticks

### Lists

[](#lists)

#### Unordered Lists

[](#unordered-lists)

```
List
 - item one
 - item two
 - item three
```

will product the following markup

```

    item one
    item two
    item three

```

#### Ordered Lists

[](#ordered-lists)

```
List
 1. item one
 2. item two
 3. item three
```

will product the following markup

```

    item one
    item two
    item three

```

### Block Quotes

[](#block-quotes)

```
> this is a block quote
```

will product the following markup

```
 this is a block quote
```

### Tables

[](#tables)

Tables can now be created by using the bar character. Use the `|` character to outline your table and it's columns

```
|Heading One|Heading Two|Heading Three|
|Row1Col1|Row1Col2|Row1Col2|
|Row2Col1|Row2Col2|Row2Col2|
|Row3Col1|Row3Col2|Row3Col2|
```

produces a HTML table like:

```

        heading one
        heading two
        heading three

            row1Col1row1Col2row1Col3

            row2Col1row2Col2row2Col3

            row3Col1row3 col2row3Col3

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76% 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 ~1 days

Total

7

Last Release

3329d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e2f99934d37dedc830446d77f6295892096df0b5c3986c03ea908c7faf61c6d9?d=identicon)[natedrake](/maintainers/natedrake)

---

Top Contributors

[![natedrake](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6829099?v=4)](https://github.com/natedrake "natedrake (19 commits)")[![ecne](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12985825?v=4)](https://github.com/ecne "ecne (6 commits)")

---

Tags

markdownphp-markdown

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/natedrake-markdown/health.svg)

```
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```

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