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Standalone Markdown to HTML parser. Pure PHP, no dependencies.

Supports CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) with an optional Carbon.now.sh-style renderer for code blocks.

Install

Composer

composer require blizzard-fs/md2html

Manual

Clone the repo and require the entry point directly:

git clone https://github.com/Blizzard-fs/md2html.git

CLI Usage

# File to stdout
php md2html.php input.md

# File to file
php md2html.php input.md output.html

# Stdin
echo "# Hello" | php md2html.php

# With Carbon-styled code blocks
php md2html.php input.md --carbon
php md2html.php input.md --carbon output.html

# Options
php md2html.php input.md --safe --heading-ids --nofollow
php md2html.php input.md --wrap --title "My Page" --css "body{max-width:800px}"
php md2html.php input.md --carbon --wrap --heading-ids --hard-breaks

CLI Options

PHP Usage

require_once __DIR__ . '/md2html/src/RendererInterface.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/md2html/src/PlainHtmlRenderer.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/md2html/src/ParseContext.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/md2html/src/InlineParser.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/md2html/src/BlockParser.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/md2html/src/MarkdownParser.php';

$parser = new MarkdownParser();
$html = $parser->parse('# Hello **world**');

With Composer autoloading:

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\MarkdownParser;

$parser = new MarkdownParser();
$html = $parser->parse('# Hello **world**');

Carbon renderer

use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\CarbonHtmlRenderer;
use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\MarkdownParser;

$renderer = new CarbonHtmlRenderer();
$parser = new MarkdownParser($renderer);
$html = $parser->parse($markdown);

Code blocks render with macOS-style window chrome, dark background, and language labels. CSS is emitted once, inline.

Options

use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\MarkdownParser;
use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\ParserOptions;

$options = (new ParserOptions())
    ->setHeadingIds(true)
    ->setNoFollowLinks(true)
    ->setSafeMode(true);

$parser = new MarkdownParser(options: $options);
$html = $parser->parse($markdown);

Implement OptionsInterface to provide your own options logic. Custom renderers that need access to the active options implement OptionsAwareInterface (a setOptions() method); the parser injects options into any renderer that does.

Custom renderer

Implement RendererInterface to control all HTML output:

use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\RendererInterface;
use BlizzardFs\Md2Html\MarkdownParser;

class MyRenderer implements RendererInterface
{
    // 22 methods - one per element type
    // See src/RendererInterface.php for the full contract
}

$parser = new MarkdownParser(new MyRenderer());

Supported Elements

Block-level: headings (ATX + setext), paragraphs, fenced and indented code blocks, blockquotes (nested), tables (with alignment), ordered and unordered lists (nested, loose/tight), task lists, horizontal rules, HTML passthrough, footnote sections.

Inline: bold, italic, bold-italic, strikethrough, inline code, links (inline + reference), images, autolinks, email links, footnote references, backslash escapes, line breaks.

GFM extensions: tables, strikethrough, task lists, autolinks, underscore-in-word handling (foo_bar_baz stays literal).

Architecture

MarkdownParser (facade)
  ├── OptionsInterface (configuration)
  ├── ParseContext (shared state)
  ├── InlineParser(context, renderer, options)
  ├── BlockParser(context, inlineParser, renderer, options)
  └── RendererInterface
        ├── PlainHtmlRenderer (default, options-aware)
        └── CarbonHtmlRenderer (composes PlainHtmlRenderer)

Strategy pattern with composition. CarbonHtmlRenderer delegates everything except codeBlock() to PlainHtmlRenderer - no inheritance.

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+

License

MIT