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paveld/markdown-wiki
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An extension of cebe/markdown library for parsing markdown to wiki text

v0.3.1(4y ago)047[1 issues](https://github.com/PavelD/markdown-wiki/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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MarkdownWiki parser
===================

[](#markdownwiki-parser)

About
-----

[](#about)

Extension of the [Cebe](https://github.com/cebe)'s [Markdown](https://github.com/cebe/markdown) library for parsing Mrkdown into WikiText syntax.

It's used as backend library for [MediaWiki](https://www.mediawiki.org) [MarkdownWiki](https://github.com/PavelD/mw-markdown-wiki) parser.

Features
--------

[](#features)

The parser render links and tables in wiki format.

### Supported elements

[](#supported-elements)

#### Inline elemets

[](#inline-elemets)

- bold
- italc
- code highlit
- links
- images

#### Block elements

[](#block-elements)

- blockquote
- headlines
- horizontal ruler
- ordered and unordered lists
- paragraphs
- preformatted text
- tables

### Extra structures

[](#extra-structures)

#### Templates

[](#templates)

Example:

```
---
template: temaplate name
myparam1: content of my param1
myparam2: content of my param2
---

```

first 2 lines are mandatory. Other lines are optional. Code check if `:` is present.

End of parsing is on the end of the template or on first empty line.

#### Magic words

[](#magic-words)

Double underscored [behavior switches](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Behavior_switches) for MediaWiki parser has the same format as markdown bold text. To avoid issues with that words new format is introduced.

`{{__NOTOC__}}` instread of simple `__NOTOC__`. The markdown-wiki parser is removing curly brackets and magic word is applyed during wiki parsing.

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

[](#installation)

The installation is following the reccomandation of the original [Cebe](https://github.com/cebe)'s [Markdown](https://github.com/cebe/markdown) library.

Installation is recommended to be done via [composer](https://getcomposer.org/)) by running:

```
composer require paveld/markdown-wiki "*"

```

and then

```
composer update paveld/markdown-wiki

```

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

[](#configuration)

If you don't need to parse some of the elements it's possible to remove parsing by following directive.

```
$m = new MarkdownWiki();\
$m->disableParsingRule('headline');
$wikTextb = $m->parse($MarkdownText);
```

### List of possible paramters for the `disableParsingRule()` method:

[](#list-of-possible-paramters-for-the-disableparsingrule-method)

Some elements are idetified by by several rules.

#### Block elements

[](#block-elements-1)

- *Code block* by `code` and `fencedcode`
- *Headline* by `headline`
- *Horizontal ruler* by `ahr` and `hr`
- *HTML elements* by `html`
- *Markdown table* by `table`
- *Ordered list* by `ol`
- *Quote block* by `quote`
- *Template* by `aaatemplate` and `template`
- *Unordered list* by `bul` and `ul`

#### Inline elements

[](#inline-elements)

- *Escape* by `parseEscape`
- *Greater-than sign* by `parseGt`
- *HTML entities* by `parseEntity`
- *Image* by `parseImage`
- *Inline code* by `parseInlineCode`
- *Links* by `parseLink`
- *Magic word* by `parseMagicWord`
- *Special attributes* by `parseSpecialAttributes`
- *Strong and intalic* by `parseEmphStrong`

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~3 days

Total

4

Last Release

1610d ago

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

v0.2.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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