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phile/parsedown
===============

Use the Parsedown parser in Phile.

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phileParserParsedown
====================

[](#phileparserparsedown)

Use the [Parsedown](https://github.com/erusev/parsedown) parser in [Phile](https://github.com/PhileCMS/Phile).

### 1.1 Installation (composer)

[](#11-installation-composer)

```
php composer.phar require phile/parsedown:*

```

### 1.2 Installation (Download)

[](#12-installation-download)

- Install the latest version of [Phile](https://github.com/PhileCMS/Phile)
- Clone or download this repo into `plugins/phile/parsedown`

### 2. Activation

[](#2-activation)

After you have installed the plugin. You need to add the following line to your `config.php` file:

```
$config['plugins']['phile\\parsedown'] = array('active' => true);`

```

Then add the Parsedown dependency to your composer.json file:

```
{
  "require": {
    "erusev/parsedown": "*" // the parsedown parser
  }
}
```

Now run your `composer install` command as normal.

After you have installed the plugin. You need to add the following line to your `config.php` file:

```
$config['plugins'] = array(
  'phile\\parserMarkdown' => array('active' => false), // disable the default parser
  'phile\\parsedown' => array('active' => true) // use parsedown
);
```

### Why use this over Markdown?

[](#why-use-this-over-markdown)

- [Speed](http://parsedown.org/speed)
- [Consistency](http://parsedown.org/consistency)
- Github flavoured by default
- Tested in PHP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5
- Friendly to international input

### Why not use it?

[](#why-not-use-it)

- No table support
- Lack of settings and extensions

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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