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A Parsedown wrapper for Laravel to compile markdown to HTML.

Parsedown is fast and supports GitHub flavored markdown.

Installation

require package in composer.json

"require": {
	"laravel/framework": "4.1.*",
	"maxhoffmann/parsedown-laravel": "dev-master"
},

add parsedown’s service provider in config/app.php

'providers' => array(

	'Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ArtisanServiceProvider',
	...
	'Illuminate\Workbench\WorkbenchServiceProvider',

	'MaxHoffmann\Parsedown\ParsedownServiceProvider'
),

and parsedown’s facade (also in config/app.php)

'aliases' => array(

	'App'             => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\App',
	...
	'View'            => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\View',

	'Markdown'        => 'MaxHoffmann\Parsedown\ParsedownFacade',

),

Usage

Markdown::parse('__Hello__ Markdown!');
// returns '<p><strong>Hello</strong> Markdown!</p>'