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taylornetwork/linkify
=====================

A package to linkify text

1.0.0(7y ago)128MITPHPPHP >=7.0

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Linkify
=======

[](#linkify)

A package to convert all links in a string to Markdown, HTML, or your own custom format.

Painlessly Convert:

```
'This text has a link https://github.com/taylornetwork/linkify and also another one https://google.com'
```

To:

```
'This text has a link [github.com](https://github.com/taylornetwork/linkify) and also another one [google.com](https://google.com)'

// OR

'This text has a link github.com and also another one google.com'
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require taylornetwork/linkify
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See [Config Options](#config)

### Linkify Class

[](#linkify-class)

**Basic Usage**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\Linkify;

$text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

$linkify = new Linkify;
$linkify->parse($text);
```

Returns

```
'This has a link. [google.com](https://google.com)'

```

**Basic Usage - Static Call**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\Linkify;

$text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

Linkify::instance()->parse($text);
```

Returns

```
'This has a link. [google.com](https://google.com)'

```

**Override Config**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\Linkify;

$text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

$linkify = new Linkify;
$linkify->setConfig('convertTo', Linkify::ConvertHTML);
$linkify->parse($text);
```

Returns

```
'This has a link. google.com'

```

**Override Config - Static, One Line**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\Linkify;

$text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

Linkify::instance()->setConfig('convertTo', Linkify::ConvertHTML)->parse($text);
```

Returns

```
'This has a link. google.com'

```

---

### Makes Links Trait

[](#makes-links-trait)

The `MakesLinks` trait will allow you to access the parser with a `linkify($text)` method on your class.

**Basic Usage**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\MakesLinks;

class DummyClass
{
	use MakesLinks;

	protected $text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

	public function getParsedText()
	{
		return $this->linkify($this->text);
	}
}
```

`getParsedText()` returns

```
'This has a link. [google.com](https://google.com)'

```

**Override Config**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\MakesLinks;
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\Linkify;

class DummyClass
{
	use MakesLinks;

	protected $text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

	public function getParsedText()
	{
		return $this->linkify($this->text);
	}

	public function linkifyConfig(&$linkify)
	{
		$linkify->setConfig('convertTo', Linkify::ConvertHTML);
		$linkify->setConfig('linkAttributes', [
			'class' => 'btn-link'
		]);
	}
}
```

`getParsedText()` returns

```
'This has a link. google.com'

```

**With Custom Format**

```
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\MakesLinks;
use TaylorNetwork\Linkify\Linkify;

class DummyClass
{
	use MakesLinks;

	protected $text = 'This has a link. https://google.com';

	public function getParsedText()
	{
		return $this->linkify($this->text);
	}

	public function linkifyConfig(&$linkify)
	{
		$linkify->setConfig('convertTo', Linkify::ConvertCustom);
	}

	public function linkifyCustomParse(string $caption, string $url)
	{
		return '=>' . $caption . 'google.com [
	'target' => '_blank',
	'class' => 'btn-link',
],
```

Would generate links:

```
$caption

```

Where `$caption` and `$url` would be replaced automatically.

*Note: attributes are added in the order from the array and this only runs if using the `Linkify::ConvertHTML` setting in `convertTo`*

---

#### Only format non-formatted links

[](#only-format-non-formatted-links)

The `checkForExistingFormatting` setting should be set to `true` if you want to only convert links that don't have existing formatting (default).

For example:

```
// Link is already formatted, by user, or another package, etc.
$text = 'Link: [link](https://google.com)';

Linkify::instance()->parse($text);

// Returns

// If 'checkForExistingFormatting' is true
'Link: [link](https://google.com)'

// If 'checkForExistingFormatting' is false
'Link: [link]([google.com](https://google.com))'
```

---

#### Custom Formatting

[](#custom-formatting)

**You can define a custom formatter in the config file, but prefer that you use the `MakeLinks` trait.**

[See Makes Links Trait](#makes-links-trait)

```
'customCallback' => function ($caption, $url) {
	return '{' . $caption . '}#' . $url . '#';
},
```

If `'convertTo' => Linkify::ConvertCustom` the `$caption` and `$url` will be passed to the callback.

This would return: `'{google.com}#https://google.com#'`

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~198 days

Total

2

Last Release

2560d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 1.0.02019-05-10

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/83340094473f0bf5b2cf062bf394df221a52a30aa0e21cd0a77302977d6393ce?d=identicon)[samueljtaylor](/maintainers/samueljtaylor)

---

Top Contributors

[![samyrataylor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15961687?v=4)](https://github.com/samyrataylor "samyrataylor (10 commits)")

---

Tags

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