Extension:MiscParserFunctions

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Purpose

Provides miscellaneous parser functions (e.g. #trim, #nowikitext).

Features

{{#trim: input string}}
{{#nowikitext: input string}}
{{#gettagsection: tag | article page name }}
- Secure: requires the page to be protected for 'edit'

Dependancy

StubManager extension

Installation

See the Mediawiki Extension table entry "download" above.^[1]

LocalSettings.php

Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote^[2]

Add the following to LocalSettings.php if the extension was downloaded from Jean-Lou Dupont's MediaWiki SVN directory (link in the download entry of the table above)^[2]:

{{#tag:source|require_once( "$IP/extensions/ParserExt/ParserExt.php" );|lang="php"}}

PEAR

PEAR is a repository of en:PHP software code.

Install the channel PEAR channel ' http://mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn '

pear channel-discover mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn

Install extension through PEAR:

pear install mediawiki/ParserExt

Add the following to LocalSettings.php^[2]^[3]:

{{#tag:source|require 'MediaWiki/ParserExt/ParserExt.php';|lang="php"}}

Note that the required version of PEAR must be respected. Currently, the minimum version of PEAR usable with this channel is v1.6.2. Perform the following command to upgrade to the latest version of PEAR:

pear upgrade pear

Upgrades through PEAR

Sometimes, it is necessary to clear PEAR's cache in order to perform upgrades.

pear clear-cache

or use the force method:

pear upgrade --force mediawiki/ParserExt

PEAR Web Frontend

For easier remote package management, PEAR Frontend WEB can be installed. Installation notes can be found here. An example of the WEB frontend is available here.

RSS feed

To keep kept up-to-date with this channel, use the following RSS feed .

Notes

Sandbox

You are invited in the author's sandbox to try-out some of his extensions.

↑ The most recent release is always available through the extension's PEAR and SVN repositories. This page is not necessarily up-to-date.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Extension:ExtensionManager does not require any modification to LocalSettings.php because ExtensionManager includes the extension.
Note that if PHP code caching is in place (e.g. APC, eAccelerator), then to successfully complete the installation a cache flush might be needed.
↑ Modifications to LocalSettings.php is only necessary if not using Extension:ExtensionManager