Manual:Hooks/InterwikiLoadPrefix

Deprecated: This feature is deprecated and should no longer be used, however it is still available for reasons of backwards compatibility.

This feature was deprecated in version 1.36.0. See $wgInterwikiCache for an alternative way to use this feature.

InterwikiLoadPrefix
Available from version 1.18.0 (r84173, CodeReview archive) This hook is called when resolving whether a given prefix is an interwiki or not.
Define function:	public static function onInterwikiLoadPrefix( $prefix, &$interwikiData ) { ... }
Attach hook:	In extension.json: { "Hooks": { "InterwikiLoadPrefix": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\MyExtension\\Hooks::onInterwikiLoadPrefix" } }
Called from:	File(s): interwiki/Interwiki.php
Interface:	InterwikiLoadPrefixHook.php

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

Parameters

Return true without providing an interwiki to continue interwiki search, or false to abort.

$prefix: interwiki prefix we are looking for
&$interwikiData: output array describing the interwiki with keys interwiki.iw_url, interwiki.iw_local, interwiki.iw_trans and optionally interwiki.iw_api and interwiki.iw_wikiid.

This hook is not called when $wgInterwikiCache is used.