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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. php-md/php-md ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) php-md/php-md ============= PHP MD is a very limited file-based database and a markdown string parser. 0512PHP Since Aug 23Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/php-md/php-md)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/php-md/php-md)[ RSS](/packages/php-md-php-md/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (2)Used By (0) PHP M.D. ======== [](#php-md) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e24140329b8b6b1ed2a796592d6ac9684e5759bbac9247cbcb4beb1bf7564368/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f7068702d6d642f7068702d6d642f6261646765732f6275696c642e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/php-md/php-md/build-status/master)[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/19fc0c2db4316955ffcc54a851bc2befece44598ee554aab3c31118be57460f7/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f7068702d6d642f7068702d6d642f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/php-md/php-md/?branch=master)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6c1f20b2f5fe20950de60c4c8fff512b3688e030ace554c71dcf2d4a473697ee/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f7068702d6d642f7068702d6d642f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/php-md/php-md/?branch=master)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/692efc663044ec8a67897a4b775842c98ba8c05f16a59b0aead2ef5f1f8ad862/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7068702d6d642f7068702d6d642f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/php-md/php-md)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/26c883d3881f60757cd6b643b6fc568ce91a1023eb43ae3435cdeffbe0df3309/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7068702d6d642f7068702d6d642f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/php-md/php-md)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/df823a0ddb8f2944fb9855c3594feebdc5e264561b2785aac0c18d8ef80d9f10/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f7068702d6d642f7068702d6d642f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/php-md/php-md) Symptoms -------- [](#symptoms) - Non-developers patients should never be around code but maybe they are qualified to modify its contents. - Content is neither part of frontend or part of backend. - Markup languages are not easy to understand specially when patients don't want to learn it. - Markdown is the state-of-art tool for writing content. - CMS are great, but require at least a database that is not always available. Diagnostic ---------- [](#diagnostic) Separate content of the frontend and backend is necessary, specially if the patient doesn't want to follow any other well-probed, but maybe more expensive, treatments. Markdown is a plain text format for writing structured documents, based on conventions used for indicating formatting in email and usenet posts. It was developed in 2004 by John Gruber, who wrote the first Markdown-to-HTML converter in perl, and it soon became widely used in websites. Treatment --------- [](#treatment) ### Introduction [](#introduction) PHP M.D. (PHP Markdown) it can be used like a very limited file-based database, very clean for patients. Also it can be used as a parser for a markdown string. It is useful to generate classic Markdown-to-HTML files but its real strength is to use the object as a mapper for the content. ### Installation [](#installation) #### With [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) [](#with-composer) ``` composer require php-md/php-md ``` #### Without [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) [](#without-composer) First install Composer then ``` composer require php-md/php-md ``` You should really be using Composer. ### Health Score 23 — LowBetter than 26% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity14 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity43 Maturing project, gaining track record 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. ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1187170?v=4)[Mauro Moreno](/maintainers/mauro-moreno)[@mauro-moreno](https://github.com/mauro-moreno) --- Top Contributors [![mauro-moreno](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1187170?v=4)](https://github.com/mauro-moreno "mauro-moreno (7 commits)") ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/php-md-php-md/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/php-md-php-md/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/php-md-php-md) ``` ### Alternatives [mck89/peast Peast is PHP library that generates AST for JavaScript code 19139.2M47](/packages/mck89-peast)[sauladam/shipment-tracker Parses tracking information for several carriers, like UPS, USPS, DHL and GLS by simply scraping the data. 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