Parsedown::textElements( $text )

    protected function textElements($text)
    {
        # make sure no definitions are set
        $this->DefinitionData = array();

        # standardize line breaks
        $text = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $text);

        # remove surrounding line breaks
        $text = trim($text, "\n");

        # split text into lines
        $lines = explode("\n", $text);

        # iterate through lines to identify blocks
        return $this->linesElements($lines);
    }