How can I use Michel Fortin's PHP Markdown Without Autoloading?

Question

I want to use Michel Fortin's PHP Markdown parser. The new style requires the user to set up a PSR-0-compatible autoloader. However, the instructions also state:

If you don’t want to use autoloading you can do a classic require_once to manually include the files prior use instead.

Unfortunately there are no instructions on simply using require_once. I don't want to use an autoloader, how can I use this Markdown parser to parse my string of Markdown?

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EDIT: Also, is it possible to use the parser with require_once inside a function (and outside the global scope)? The problem with use is it must be used globally which seems to make require_once required in the global scope. My preference is to only require_once if necessary in a function and outside the global scope.

Answer 1

There's really only two files you might need to require.

For regular Mardown:

require_once '/path/to/code/Michelf/Markdown.php';

$my_html = \Michelf\Markdown::defaultTransform($my_text);

Or for Markdown Extra:

require_once '/path/to/code/Michelf/MarkdownExtra.php';

$my_html = \Michelf\MarkdownExtra::defaultTransform($my_text);