CakePHP Markdown Plugin

Plugin for parsing markdown text into HTML. Behavior and 2 helpers can be used. It uses PHP markdown as vendor.

Requirements

CakePHP v2.4.x

Install

Checkout the plugin into Plugin folder with submodules (Vendor)

cd app/Plugin
git clone --recursive https://github.com/LubosRemplik/CakePHP-Markdown-Plugin.git Markdown

Usage

Using the MarkdownHelper in views to parse parts

<?php
// in controller
public $helpers = array(
	'Markdown.Markdown'
);

// in view
$text = '## Whatever'; // parsing as h2 tag
echo $this->Markdown->parse($text);

Using the MarkdownParseHelper to parse whole views (layouts, elements, views)

<?php
// in controller
public $helpers = array(
	'Markdown.MarkdownParse'
);

Using the MarkdownBehavior in model

<?php
// in model
public $actsAs = array(
	'Markdown.Markdown' => array(
		'field' => array('title', 'content')
	)
);

Issues

If you have any issue/question please submit it into issue tracker