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<sect1 id="zend.markup.introduction">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
        The <classname>Zend_Markup</classname> component provides an extensible
        way for parsing text and rendering lightweight markup languages like
        BBcode. It is available as of Zend Framework version 1.10.
    </para>

    <para>
        <classname>Zend_Markup</classname> uses a factory method to instantiate
        an instance of a renderer that extends
        <classname>Zend_Markup_Renderer_Abstract</classname>. The factory
        method accepts three arguments. The first one is the parser used to
        tokenize the text (e.g. BbCode). The second (optional) parameter is
        the renderer to use, Html by default. Thirdly an array with options
        to use for the renderer can be specified.
    </para>
</sect1>
