# Markdown Extra works, but why?!

**URL:** https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** v2
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719 "2016-11-09T11:04:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![bohrmaen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/bohrmaen/32/3129_2.png) [@bohrmaen](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bohrmaen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719/1 "2016-11-09T11:04:23Z")

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Hi 🙂

sorry for this question, but i want to learn. I user markdown etxra format to build an html-table in kirbytext.  
In the kirby docs i read, that i have to set this line

c::set(‘markdown.extra’, true);

to activate markdown extra. But i don’t have this line in my config.php and the setting in the kirby.php in the kirby-folder is set on “false”.

Why does it works?

Thx a lot!

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### Author: ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719/2 "2016-11-09T11:20:52Z")

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Which version of Kirby are you using?

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### Author: ![bohrmaen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/bohrmaen/32/3129_2.png) [@bohrmaen](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bohrmaen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719/3 "2016-11-09T11:34:17Z")

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I use the version 2.3.2

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### Author: ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719/4 "2016-11-09T11:54:02Z")

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Looks like the parsedown parser supports tables out of the box, even without markdown.extra enabled: try it here: [http://parsedown.org/demo](http://parsedown.org/demo)

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### Author: ![bohrmaen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/bohrmaen/32/3129_2.png) [@bohrmaen](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bohrmaen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719/5 "2016-11-09T12:07:29Z")

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okay i’ll try 🙂 thx

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### Author: ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-extra-works-but-why/5719/6 "2025-02-06T16:54:49Z")

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