Markdown implementation in PHP parses text within <a> tags — how does one disable this behavior?

Question

I'm using the Markdown library for PHP by Michel Fortin. I started noticing that it formats the text in tags with markdown rules, like so:

http://foo.com/My_Url_With_Underscores

essentially becomes:

<a href="...">http://foo.com/My&lt;em&gt;Url&lt;/em&gt;With_Underscores&lt;/a&gt;

How do I disable that behavior or otherwise prevent the library from doing that?

Answer 1

That looks like a bug. Have you tried contacting Michel Fortin?