--- title: Djot PHP: A Modern Markup Parser – DerEuroMark | daily.dev description: Djot is a lightweight markup language created by the author of CommonMark and Pandoc, designed to fix Markdown's ambiguities with a more consistent and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/djot-php-a-modern-markup-parser-dereuromark-viagaumkd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Djot PHP: A Modern Markup Parser – DerEuroMark | daily.dev og:description: Djot is a lightweight markup language created by the author of CommonMark and Pandoc, designed to fix Markdown's ambiguities with a more consistent and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/djot-php-a-modern-markup-parser-dereuromark-viagaumkd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VIAgaUMkD.png og:image:alt: Djot PHP: A Modern Markup Parser – DerEuroMark og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Djot PHP: A Modern Markup Parser – DerEuroMark **[DerEuroMark](https://daily.dev/sources/dereuromark)** · 16 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Djot is a lightweight markup language created by the author of CommonMark and Pandoc, designed to fix Markdown's ambiguities with a more consistent and predictable syntax. The php-collective/djot PHP library brings full Djot support to PHP 8.2+ with 100% compatibility with the official test suite. Key features include rich text formatting (highlight, insert, delete, super/subscript), smart typography, task lists, divs with classes, span attributes, and an AST-based architecture. The library offers an extension system with built-in extensions for autolinks, TOC, external links, and heading permalinks, plus a Profile system for restricting markup features per context (e.g., comment sections vs. blog posts). Performance benchmarks show djot-php processes ~2.6 MB/s, faster than league/commonmark but slower than simpler regex-based parsers like Parsedown. A WordPress plugin and IntelliJ IDE plugin are also available. Migration tools support importing from Markdown, HTML, and BBCode. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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