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usox/html2text
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A hacklang script to convert HTML into a plain text format
v1.0.0(7y ago)112MITHTML
Since Feb 27Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare
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[](#html2text--)
html2text is a very simple script that uses DOM methods to convert HTML into a format similar to what would be rendered by a browser - perfect for places where you need a quick text representation. For example:
```
Ignored Title
Hello, World!
This is some e-mail content.
Even though it has whitespace and newlines, the e-mail converter
will handle it correctly.
Even mismatched tags.
A div
Another div
A divwithin a div
A link
```
Will be converted into:
```
Hello, World!
This is some e-mail content. Even though it has whitespace and newlines, the e-mail converter will handle it correctly.
Even mismatched tags.
A div
Another div
A div
within a div
[A link](http://foo.com)
```
Installing
----------
[](#installing)
You can use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) to add the [package](https://packagist.org/packages/soundasleep/html2text) to your project:
```
{
"require": {
"usox/html2text": "^1"
}
}
```
And then use it quite simply:
```
$converter = new \Usox\Html2Text()
$text = $converter->convert($html);
```
You can also include the supplied `html2text.php` and use `$text = convert_html_to_text($html);` instead.
### Options
[](#options)
OptionDefaultDescription**ignore\_errors**`false`Set to `true` to ignore any XML parsing errors/warnings.**drop\_links**`false`Set to `true` to not render links as `[http://foo.com](My Link)`, but rather just `My Link`.Pass along options as a second argument to `convert`, for example:
```
$html = 'some fine html';
$options = dict[
'ignore_errors' => true,
// other options go here
];
$converter = new \Usox\Html2Text()
echo $converter->convert($html, $options);
```
Tests
-----
[](#tests)
Some very basic tests are provided in the `tests/` directory. Run them with `composer install && vendor/bin/hacktest tests`.
License
-------
[](#license)
`html2text` is [licensed under MIT](LICENSE.md), making it suitable for both Eclipse and GPL projects.
Other versions
--------------
[](#other-versions)
This is a port of the php version found [here](https://github.com/soundasleep/html2text).
### Health Score
26
—
LowBetter than 43% of packages
Maintenance20
Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained
Popularity7
Limited adoption so far
Community7
Small or concentrated contributor base
Maturity60
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
Unknown
Total
1
Last Release
2634d ago
### Community
Maintainers
[usox](/maintainers/usox)
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Top Contributors
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