Manual:Hooks/EditFormPreloadText

EditFormPreloadText
Available from version 1.7.0 Called when edit page for new article is shown
Define function:	public static function onEditFormPreloadText( &$text, &$title ) { ... }
Attach hook:	In extension.json: { "Hooks": { "EditFormPreloadText": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\MyExtension\\Hooks::onEditFormPreloadText" } }
Called from:	File(s): EditPage.php
Interface:	EditFormPreloadTextHook.php

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

Details

• $text: text to prefill edit form with
• $title: title of new page (Title Object)

Example

To prefill page text when creating "A_New_Page" with "please enter text for A New Page"

$wgHooks['EditFormPreloadText'][] = array('prefill');


function prefill(&$textbox, &$title) {
    $title_str = $title->getText();
    $textbox = "please enter text for $title_str";
    return true;
}