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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Test Parsedown against the CommonMark spec.
+ *
+ * Some code based on the original JavaScript test runner by jgm.
+ *
+ * @link http://commonmark.org/ CommonMark
+ * @link http://git.io/8WtRvQ JavaScript test runner
+ */
+class CommonMarkTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    const SPEC_URL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/stmd/master/spec.txt';
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider data
+     * @param $section
+     * @param $markdown
+     * @param $expectedHtml
+     */
+    function test_($section, $markdown, $expectedHtml)
+    {
+        $parsedown = new Parsedown();
+
+        $actualHtml = $parsedown->text($markdown);
+        $actualHtml = $this->normalizeMarkup($actualHtml);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedHtml, $actualHtml);
+    }
+
+    function data()
+    {
+        $spec = file_get_contents(self::SPEC_URL);
+        $spec = strstr($spec, '<!-- END TESTS -->', true);
+
+        $tests = array();
+        $currentSection = '';
+
+        preg_replace_callback(
+            '/^\.\n([\s\S]*?)^\.\n([\s\S]*?)^\.$|^#{1,6} *(.*)$/m',
+            function($matches) use ( & $tests, & $currentSection, & $testCount) {
+                if (isset($matches[3]) and $matches[3]) {
+                    $currentSection = $matches[3];
+                } else {
+                    $testCount++;
+                    $markdown = $matches[1];
+                    $markdown = preg_replace('/→/', "\t", $markdown);
+                    $expectedHtml = $matches[2];
+                    $expectedHtml = $this->normalizeMarkup($expectedHtml);
+                    $tests []= array(
+                        $currentSection, # section
+                        $markdown, # markdown
+                        $expectedHtml, # html
+                    );
+                }
+            },
+            $spec
+        );
+
+        return $tests;
+    }
+
+    private function normalizeMarkup($markup)
+    {
+        $markup = preg_replace("/\n+/", "\n", $markup);
+        $markup = preg_replace('/^\s+/m', '', $markup);
+        $markup = preg_replace('/^((?:<[\w]+>)+)\n/m', '$1', $markup);
+        $markup = preg_replace('/\n((?:<\/[\w]+>)+)$/m', '$1', $markup);
+        $markup = trim($markup);
+
+        return $markup;
+    }
+}