Extension:PageCreator
This extension stores its source code on a wiki page. Please be aware that this code may be unreviewed or maliciously altered. They may contain security holes, outdated interfaces that are no longer compatible etc. Note: No localisation updates are provided for this extension by translatewiki.net . |
This extension is currently not actively maintained! Although it may still work, any bug reports or feature requests will more than likely be ignored. |
![]() Release status: unmaintained |
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Implementation | Variable |
Description | Provides variables for retrieving the creator of a page and the time stamp of page creation |
Author(s) | |
Latest version | 0.3 (2022-12-30) |
MediaWiki | 1.35 |
Database changes | No |
License | GPL |
Download | see the code section |
The PageCreator extension provides two variables:
- {{PAGECREATOR}} which returns the page's creator user name
- {{CREATIONTIMESTAMP}} which returns the page's Creation TimeStamp.
Installation
edit- Copy the code into a file and place the file(s) in a directory called
PageCreator
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'PageCreator' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Code
edit1.35+
edit- extension.json
{
"name": "PageCreator",
"version": "0.4.0",
"author": [
"Pierro78",
"Seb35"
],
"url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageCreator",
"description": "Provides variables for retrieving the creator of a page an the time stamp of page creation",
"license-name": "GPL",
"type": "parserhook",
"requires": {
"MediaWiki": ">= 1.35.0"
},
"config": {
},
"ExtensionMessagesFiles": {
"PageCreatorMagic": "PageCreator.i18n.magic.php"
},
"MessagesDirs": {
},
"Hooks": {
"ParserGetVariableValueSwitch": "PageCreator::wfPppAssignAValue",
"MagicWordwgVariableIDs": "PageCreator::wfPppDeclareVarIds"
},
"AutoloadClasses": {
"PageCreator": "GetPageCreator.php"
},
"AutoloadNamespaces": {
},
"manifest_version": 2
}
- GetPageCreator.php
<?php
use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
/**
* Step 1: choose a magic word ID
*
* Storing the chosen ID in a constant is not required, but still good
* programming practice - it makes searching for all occurrences of the magic
* word ID a bit easier.
* Note that the name of the constant and the value it is assigned don't have
* to have anything to do with each other.
*/
define( 'PPP_PAGECREATOR', 'PAGECREATOR' );
define( 'PPP_CREATIONTIMESTAMP', 'CREATIONTIMESTAMP' );
class PageCreator {
/**
* Step 3: assign a value to our variable
*/
static function wfPppAssignAValue( &$parser, &$cache, &$magicWordId, &$ret ) {
if( $magicWordId !== PPP_PAGECREATOR && $magicWordId !== PPP_CREATIONTIMESTAMP ) {
return true;
}
$record = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getRevisionLookup()->getFirstRevision( $parser->getTitle() );
if( $magicWordId === PPP_PAGECREATOR ) {
$user = $record ? $record->getUser() : $parser->getUserIdentity();
$ret = $user ? $user->getName() : '';
return true;
} elseif( $magicWordId === PPP_CREATIONTIMESTAMP ) {
$ret = $record ? $record->getTimestamp() : '';
return true;
}
return true;
}
/**
* Step 4: register wiki markup words associated with
* PPP_PAGECREATOR as a variable and not some
* other type of magic word
*/
static function wfPppDeclareVarIds( &$customVariableIds ) {
// $customVariableIds is where MediaWiki wants to store its list of custom
// variable IDs. We oblige by adding ours:
$customVariableIds[] = PPP_PAGECREATOR;
$customVariableIds[] = PPP_CREATIONTIMESTAMP;
// must do this or you will silence every MagicWordwgVariableIds hook
// registered after this!
return true;
}
}
- PageCreator.i18n.magic.php
<?php
/**
* Step 1: choose a magic word ID
* Step 2: define some words to use in wiki markup
*/
$magicWords = [];
/** English (English) */
$magicWords['en'] = [
'PAGECREATOR' => [ 0, 'PAGECREATOR' ],
'CREATIONTIMESTAMP' => [ 0, 'CREATIONTIMESTAMP' ],
];