If speed is your top priority you may also want to look at Sundown, which can be installed as a PHP extension and is likely faster since it's just C. https://g

If speed is your top priority you may also want to look at Sundown, which can be installed as a PHP extension and is likely faster since it's just C. https://github.com/chobie/php-sundown https://github.com/chobie/php-sundown