Manual:Hooks/EditFilter

EditFilter
Available from version 1.6.0 Perform checks on an edit
Define function:	public static function onEditFilter( $editor, $text, $section, &$error, $summary ) { ... }
Attach hook:	In extension.json: { "Hooks": { "EditFilter": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\MyExtension\\Hooks::onEditFilter" } }
Called from:	File(s): EditPage.php
Interface:	EditFilterHook.php

For more information about attaching hooks, see Manual:Hooks .
For examples of extensions using this hook, see Category:EditFilter extensions.

Details

• $editor: EditPage instance (object)
• $text: Contents of the edit box
• $section: Section being edited
• &$error: Error message to return
• $summary: edit summary provided for edit

Notes

• You have two options for filtering edits:
  • Return false to halt editing. You'll need to handle error messages, etc. yourself.
  • Return true and modify $error (set to a value other than ''). This will cause the page to stay in edit mode and will cause the contents of $error to be displayed above the edit box. Note: $error should be wikitext.

• $text is the wikitext submitted by the editor. If only a section of the article was being edited, $text only contains that section. If your processing needs to take into account the entire article, use EditFilterMerged instead.

See also

• EditFilterMergedContent