Improve markdown performance

Author: Jamie Snape

composer.json

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
         "php": ">=5.3.23",
         "ext-gd": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",
+        "erusev/parsedown-extra": "~0.7",
         "francodacosta/phmagick": "0.4.*@dev",
         "intervention/image": "~2.1",
         "ircmaxell/random-lib": "~1.1",
         "leafo/scssphp": "~0.1",
         "maennchen/zipstream-php": "~0.3",
-        "michelf/php-markdown": "~1.4",
         "moontoast/math": "~1.1",
         "reprovinci/solr-php-client": "~1.0",
         "rhumsaa/uuid": "~2.8",

core/controllers/components/UtilityComponent.php

@@ -595,7 +595,9 @@ public static function filterHtmlTags($text)
      */
     public static function markdown($text)
     {
-        return Michelf\MarkdownExtra::defaultTransform($text);
+        $extra = new \ParsedownExtra();
+
+        return $extra->text($text);
     }
 
     /**

core/views/community/view.phtml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $strippedDescription = strip_tags($description);
             <div id="communitySubtitle" class="genericSubtitle" style="color:grey;">
                 <?php
                 if (!empty($rawDescription)) {
-                    echo substr($this->escape($strippedDescription), 0, 240).'<a href="#" class="more">More &raquo;</a>';
+                    echo substr($this->escape($strippedDescription), 0, 240).' <a href="#" class="more">More &raquo;</a>';
                 }
                 ?>
             </div>

modules/readmes/tests/controllers/ApiComponentControllerTest.php

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function testFolderReadme()
 
         $resp = $this->_callRestApi('GET', '/readmes/folder/'.$publicFolder->getKey());
         $this->_assertStatusOk($resp);
-        $this->assertEquals($resp["body"]->data->text, "<p>This is a readme</p>\n");
+        $this->assertEquals('<p>This is a readme</p>', $resp['body']->data->text);
     }
 
     /** test readme on community */
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ public function testCommunityReadme()
 
         $resp = $this->_callRestApi('GET', '/readmes/community/'.$comm->getKey());
         $this->_assertStatusOk($resp);
-        $this->assertEquals($resp["body"]->data->text, "<p>This is a readme</p>\n");
+        $this->assertEquals('<p>This is a readme</p>', $resp['body']->data->text);
     }
 }