Pre-save transforms
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Pre-save transforms (PST) are transformations which are applied to the content before it is even saved.
They are implemented in the function preSaveTransform()
of the ContentTransformer
class.
Wikitext
editFor Wikitext content , the parser ’s preSaveTransform()
applies the following transformations, in order:
- Null characters
- Null characters are removed.
- Trailing whitespace
- Whitespace (according to PHP's rtrim()) at the end of the text is removed.
- Line endings
- Line endings
\r\n
as well as\r
are normalized to\n
. - Substitutions
{{subst:template name|template parameters}}
- Signatures
~~~
,~~~~
and~~~~~
− Note that this order has the nontrivial effect of not allowing template substitutions within a signature.- Pipe trick
[[phabricator:T1|]]
becomes[[phabricator:T1|T1]]
[[title (topic)|]]
becomes[[title (topic)|title]]
JSON
editJsonContent::preSaveTransform()
applies the following transformations, in order:
- Beautify JSON
- standardizes the formatting (“pretty”, i. e. split across lines and indented)
- Line endings
- Line endings
\r\n
as well as\r
are normalized to\n
.
See also
edit- Manual:ContentTransformer:preSaveTransform()
- Pre-save transforms on the Parser: