The plugin is available at Github as CakePHP-Markdown-Plugin.

A PHP Markdown helper packaged as a plugin, includes php-markdown.php.

Installation:

Using Composer/Packagist:

If you are using composer, require chronon/markdown:

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{
    "require": {
        "chronon/markdown": "*"
    },
  "config": {
        "vendor-dir": "Vendor"
    }
}

This will install the plugin into Plugin/Markdown, and install Markdown lib (from Packagist) into your Vendor directory.

In Config/bootstrap.php, import composer’s autoload file:

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<?php
App::import('Vendor', array('file' => 'autoload'));

Using git:

If you are not using composer, clone the repository:

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git clone [email protected]:chronon/CakePHP-Markdown-Plugin.git APP/Plugin/Markdown

Usage:

In your controller:

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

In your view:

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<?php
echo $this->Markdown->md(markdown_to_be_converted_to_html);