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3 <sect1 id="zend.markup.introduction">
4 <title>Introduction</title>
7 The <classname>Zend_Markup</classname> component provides an extensible
8 way for parsing text and rendering lightweight markup languages like
9 BBcode and Textile. It is available as of Zend Framework version 1.10.
13 <classname>Zend_Markup</classname> uses a factory method to instantiate
14 an instance of a renderer that extends
15 <classname>Zend_Markup_Renderer_Abstract</classname>. The factory
16 method accepts three arguments. The first one is the parser used to
17 tokenize the text (e.g. BbCode). The second (optional) parameter is
18 the renderer to use, <acronym>HTML</acronym> by default. Thirdly an array with options
19 to use for the renderer can be specified.