Markdown Compiler for Laravel

Installation

For Laravel 4

1. Run composer require vtalbot/markdown:1.5
2. Run php artisan config:publish vtalbot/markdown
3. Then edit config.php in app/config/packages/vtalbot/markdown to your needs.
4. Add 'VTalbot\Markdown\MarkdownServiceProvider', to providers in app/config/app.php and 'Markdown' => 'VTalbot\Markdown\Facades\Markdown', to aliases in app/config/app.php

For Laravel 5+

1. Run composer require vtalbot/markdown:2.0
2. Run php artisan vendor:publish --provider=“VTalbot\Markdown\MarkdownServiceProvider”
3. Then edit markdown.php in your config directory to your needs.
4. Add VTalbot\Markdown\MarkdownServiceProvider::class to providers in config/app.php and 'Markdown' => VTalbot\Markdown\Facades\Markdown::class to aliases in config/app.php

Usage

http://domain.name/test.md

If test.md doesn't exists in the public directory, it will search for test.md in app/markdown directory. If found, compile it if needed and return the result.

Markdown::make('file-in-markdown-directory');

Or, you can compile a simple string:

Markdown::string('#test');

To handle markdown file not found:

Markdown::setNotFoundHandler(function($file) { return 'Markdown file not found'; });
Markdown::setNotFoundHandler('MarkdownController@missing');

Configuration

Key	Default value	Description
paths	array('/markdown')	Directory where to find the markdown files.
routes	array('',)	Routes prefixes.
extensions	array('markdown','md')	Extensions used to set routes.
add_routes	true	Enable the creation of routes.
empty_element_suffix	' />'	Suffix for empty element (br, hr).
tab_width	4	Tab character width.
no_markup	false	Prevent HTML tags to be passed to output.
no_entities	false	Convert entities like < to &.
predef_urls	array()	Add reference for urls. array('ref' => '//goo.gl'): [google][ref]
predef_titles	array()	Same as predef_urls.
use_extra	true	Use Markdown with extra, eg.: fenced code block.
fn_id_prefix	''	Prefix for ID attributes generated by footnotes.
fn_link_title	''	Title for footnotes links.
fn_backlink_title	''	Same as fn_link_title.
fn_link_class	'footnote-ref'	CSS class for footnotes links and backlinks.
fn_backlink_class	'footnote-backref'	Same as fn_link_class.
code_class_prefix	''	Prepend CSS class to fenced code block.
code_attr_on_pre	false	Put attributes on pre instead of code.
predef_abbr	array()	Create predefine abbreviations.

For more information on the Markdown configuration, you may refer to http://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/configuration .

Changelog

2.0

• Add support for Laravel 5

1.5

• Change deprecated dependency.
• Add Markdown file not found handler.
• Add configurations based on the new dependency.
• Add some tests.