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patrickrose/markdown-extender
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Extend Markdown extra with ease

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Markdown Extender
=================

[](#markdown-extender)

Do you use Markdown to write blog posts and websites? Do you really hate the fact that embedding things like YouTube videos is a bit of a pain and you want it to be a bit more...Markdown-y? Meet Markdown Extender.

This extends the `michelf/php-markdown` package to provide new functionality and also allow you to extend.

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

[](#installation)

Add the following to your `composer.json`.

```
"require": {
    "patrickrose/markdown-extender": "~1"
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Build up your markdown string and pass it to the `compile` function. Extensions are handled using the syntax `[{extensionName:arg1,arg2,arg3}]` in your markdown.

If you need a new function then you can add it using `extend($extensionName, $extensionFunction)`, where $extensionName is the string to use inside the `[{}]` block and $extensionFunction is a closure that takes any number of arguments and returns a string.

### Current Functions

[](#current-functions)

- Youtube Embedding: `[{youtube:youtubeID}]` => ``
- Vimeo Embedding: `[{vimeo:vimeoID}]` => ``
- Tweet Embedding: `[{twitter:tweetID}]` => `Search API will now always return "real" Twitter user IDs. The with_twitter_user_id parameter is no longer necessary. An era has ended. ^TS— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011\n`
- Description Lists: `[{description:item1|description1,item2|description2}]` => `firstfirst textsecondsecond text`

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$markdown = new PatrickRose\MarkdownExtender\MarkdownExtender;
$string = "I really like this youtube video!

[{youtube:BgAdeuxkUyY}]

And I added an extension:

[{extended:one,two,3}]";

$markdown->extend("extended", function($one,$two,$three) {
    return "You passed in $one, $two and $three.";
});

$markdown->compile($string)

/* returns:
"I really like this youtube video!

And I added an extension:

You passed in one, two and 3."
*/
```

Laravel Users
-------------

[](#laravel-users)

Using Laravel? Then feel free to use the service provider and facade. First, add this to your providers array:

```
"providers" => [
    ...
    "PatrickRose\\MarkdownExtender\\MarkdownExtenderServiceProvider",
]
```

And add the facade to your aliases array

```
"aliases" => [
    ...
    "MarkdownExtender" => "PatrickRose\\MarkdownExtender\\Facades\\MarkdownExtender"
]
```

Then you can use `MarkdownExtender::compile($markdown)` and `MarkdownExtender::extend($extension)`.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~165 days

Recently: every ~207 days

Total

6

Last Release

3546d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02014-05-26

1.3.0 → 2.0.02016-09-01

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.4.0

2.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9aa5974c412e6f5a832bda4a1c2a6a261ed377150223ce607602f27642283105?d=identicon)[PatrickRose](/maintainers/PatrickRose)

---

Top Contributors

[![PatrickRose](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1681612?v=4)](https://github.com/PatrickRose "PatrickRose (7 commits)")

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Tags

markdown

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