Extension:MyVariables

This extension is professionally maintained by the WikiTeq team.

WikiTeq provides official support for MediaWiki LTS releases only. It may work with other MediaWiki releases.

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MyVariables Release status: stable
Implementation	Variable
Description	Adds new built-in variables
Author(s)	Aran Dunkley Pavel Astakhov
Maintainer(s)	WikiTeq team
Latest version	4.3 (2021-09-23)
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.31-1.35, 1.39
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball
Hooks used GetMagicVariableIDs ParserFirstCallInit ParserGetVariableValueSwitch ParserOptionsRegister
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The MyVariables extension adds new built-in variables:

Variable	Description	Sample
{{currentuser}}	Login of current user or the IP for anonymous users.	"Pastakhov" or "x.x.x.x"
{{currentloggeduser}}	Login of current user or empty for anonymous users.	"Pastakhov" or ""
{{currentuserrealname}}	Real name of current user.	"Pavel Astakhov"
{{hitcounter}}	Number of visits (hits) to the current page according to Extension:HitCounters or empty if the extension isn't installed.	"123" or ""
{{logo}}	Path to wiki logo.	"/w/skins/common/images/wiki.png"
{{uuid}}	Random (v4) UUID.	"65ba1a51-c723-4b9d-b1f3-13148d628322"
{{userlanguagecode}}	Language that the user specified in the preferences.	"en", "en-ca", "ru", etc.
{{userregistration}}	Timestamp of the date at which the user registered or empty if the page isn't a user page.	"20100809003006" or ""
{{firstrevisionid}}	ID of the first revision of the current page or empty if page isn't yet created.	"1" or ""
{{firstrevisiontimestamp}}	Timestamp of the first revision of the current page or empty if page isn't yet created.	"20100809003006" or ""
{{firstrevisionuser}}	The user name (without the User prefix) or IP address associated to the first revision of the current page or empty if page isn't yet created.	"Pastakhov", "x.x.x.x" or ""
{{pageimage}}	The main image of the current page as determined by Extension:PageImages . If the extension is not installed or no main image was determined then {{PAGEIMAGE}} will output nothing.	"Logo.png" or ""
{{realname}}	When used in a user page, will output the real name of the user. However, if used like this {{REALNAME:Jimbo}} it will output the real name of the user Jimbo. This dual behavior is similar to core variables like {{PAGENAME}}.	"Pastakhov" or ""
{{redirects}}	Comma-separated list of redirects to the current page or empty if there're no redirects.	"Foo, Bar, Baz" or ""
{{subpages}}	The subpages of the current page, in plain text, comma-separated and in alphabetic order. If there are no any subpages, it will output nothing.	"Pastakhov/Subpage1, Pastakhov/Subpage2" or ""
{{whatlinkshere}}	The titles of the pages that link to the current page, comma-separated and in alphabetic order. It will be empty if there are no linked pages.	"Bar, Baz, Foo" or ""

Installation

• Download and move the extracted MyVariables folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cd extensions/
  git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MyVariables
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'MyVariables' );
  

• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Note

• This extension should not be confused with the Variables extension, which allows the use of variables in the computer programming sense.

See also

• Extension:Semantic Extra Special Properties - Semantic properties for page authors, subpages and more
• Extension:Persistent Page Identifiers - Provides stable, unique identifiers for pages
• Extension:IDProvider
• Extension:UserFunctions
• Extension:UILangCode
• Extension:PageMagic