First-Come, First-Served

Version 0.8 features a new approach to parsing inline elements. Along with performance, it improves consistency.

To give an example, here are a markdown text and a comparison of the output that it would produce.

*em **strong em***
***strong em** em*
*em **strong em** em*

The parser used by GitHub.com:

<em>em *</em>strong em***
<em>**strong em</em>* em*
<em>em *</em>strong em** em*

Parsedown:

<p><em>em <strong>strong em</strong></em>
<strong><em>strong em</em>* em*
*em </strong>strong em*<em> em</em></p>

Additionally, version 0.8 features an option to enable automatic line breaks.

GitHub Flavor

0.7.0

implement URL auto-linking

PHP 5.2

0.6.0

build should no longer allow failures

Fenced Code Block

• support for fenced code block
• performance improvements
• code quality improvements

Special Characters

• escaping for special characters
• performance improvements

Inline HTML

• HTML support
• Improved code block parsing