## Parsedown Better [Markdown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) parser for PHP. *** [ [demo](http://parsedown.org/demo) ] [ [tests](http://parsedown.org/tests/) ] *** ### Features * [fast](http://parsedown.org/speed) * [consistent](http://parsedown.org/consistency) * [GitHub Flavored](https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown) * friendly to international input * [tested](https://travis-ci.org/erusev/parsedown) in PHP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and [hhvm](http://www.hhvm.com/) ### Installation Include `Parsedown.php` or install [the composer package](https://packagist.org/packages/erusev/parsedown). ### Example ```php $text = 'Hello _Parsedown_!'; $result = Parsedown::instance()->parse($text); echo $result; # prints:

Hello Parsedown!

```