title to all uppercase letters. Currently, in MediaWiki code, we
would handle this as follows (note: not real code, here):
- function showAnArticle($article) {
- global $wgReverseTitle, $wgCapitalizeTitle;
-
- if ($wgReverseTitle) {
- wfReverseTitle($article);
- }
-
- if ($wgCapitalizeTitle) {
- wfCapitalizeTitle($article);
- }
-
- # code to actually show the article goes here
- }
-
+ function showAnArticle($article) {
+ global $wgReverseTitle, $wgCapitalizeTitle;
+
+ if ($wgReverseTitle) {
+ wfReverseTitle($article);
+ }
+
+ if ($wgCapitalizeTitle) {
+ wfCapitalizeTitle($article);
+ }
+
+ # code to actually show the article goes here
+ }
+
An extension writer, or a local admin, will often add custom code to
the function -- with or without a global variable. For example,
someone wanting email notification when an article is shown may add:
option-specific stuff in our mainline code. Using hooks, the function
becomes:
- function showAnArticle($article) {
+ function showAnArticle($article) {
- if (wfRunHooks('ArticleShow', array(&$article))) {
-
- # code to actually show the article goes here
-
- wfRunHooks('ArticleShowComplete', array(&$article));
+ if (wfRunHooks('ArticleShow', array(&$article))) {
+
+ # code to actually show the article goes here
+
+ wfRunHooks('ArticleShowComplete', array(&$article));
+ }
}
- }
We've cleaned up the code here by removing clumps of weird,
infrequently used code and moving them off somewhere else. It's much
in showAnArticle, deleteAnArticle, exportArticle, etc., we can
concentrate it all in an extension file:
- function reverseArticleTitle($article) {
- # ...
- }
+ function reverseArticleTitle($article) {
+ # ...
+ }
- function reverseForExport($article) {
- # ...
- }
+ function reverseForExport($article) {
+ # ...
+ }
The setup function for the extension just has to add its hook
functions to the appropriate events:
- setupTitleReversingExtension() {
- global $wgHooks;
-
- $wgHooks['ArticleShow'][] = 'reverseArticleTitle';
- $wgHooks['ArticleDelete'][] = 'reverseArticleTitle';
- $wgHooks['ArticleExport'][] = 'reverseForExport';
- }
+ setupTitleReversingExtension() {
+ global $wgHooks;
+
+ $wgHooks['ArticleShow'][] = 'reverseArticleTitle';
+ $wgHooks['ArticleDelete'][] = 'reverseArticleTitle';
+ $wgHooks['ArticleExport'][] = 'reverseForExport';
+ }
Having all this code related to the title-reversion option in one
place means that it's easier to read and understand; you don't have to
performance at runtime. Admins who want to have all the reversed
titles can add:
- require_once('extensions/ReverseTitle.php');
-
+ require_once('extensions/ReverseTitle.php');
+
...to their LocalSettings.php file; those of us who don't want or need
it can just leave it out.
Hooks are registered by adding them to the global $wgHooks array for a
given event. All the following are valid ways to define hooks:
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = 'someFunction'; # function, no data
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array('someFunction', $someData);
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array('someFunction'); # weird, but OK
-
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = $object; # object only
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array($object, 'someMethod');
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array($object, 'someMethod', $someData);
- $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array($object); # weird but OK
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = 'someFunction'; # function, no data
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array('someFunction', $someData);
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array('someFunction'); # weird, but OK
+
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = $object; # object only
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array($object, 'someMethod');
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array($object, 'someMethod', $someData);
+ $wgHooks['EventName'][] = array($object); # weird but OK
When an event occurs, the function (or object method) will be called
with the optional data provided as well as event-specific parameters.
The above examples would result in the following code being executed
when 'EventName' happened:
- # function, no data
- someFunction($param1, $param2)
- # function with data
- someFunction($someData, $param1, $param2)
-
- # object only
- $object->onEventName($param1, $param2)
- # object with method
- $object->someMethod($param1, $param2)
- # object with method and data
- $object->someMethod($someData, $param1, $param2)
+ # function, no data
+ someFunction($param1, $param2)
+ # function with data
+ someFunction($someData, $param1, $param2)
+
+ # object only
+ $object->onEventName($param1, $param2)
+ # object with method
+ $object->someMethod($param1, $param2)
+ # object with method and data
+ $object->someMethod($someData, $param1, $param2)
Note that when an object is the hook, and there's no specified method,
the default method called is 'onEventName'. For different events this
The extra data is useful if we want to use the same function or object
for different purposes. For example:
- $wgHooks['ArticleSaveComplete'][] = array('ircNotify', 'TimStarling');
- $wgHooks['ArticleSaveComplete'][] = array('ircNotify', 'brion');
+ $wgHooks['ArticleSaveComplete'][] = array('ircNotify', 'TimStarling');
+ $wgHooks['ArticleSaveComplete'][] = array('ircNotify', 'brion');
This code would result in ircNotify being run twice when an article is
saved: once for 'TimStarling', and once for 'brion'.
users to a custom system (LDAP, another PHP program, whatever), you
could do:
- $wgHooks['UserLogin'][] = array('ldapLogin', $ldapServer);
-
- function ldapLogin($username, $password) {
- # log user into LDAP
- return false;
- }
+ $wgHooks['UserLogin'][] = array('ldapLogin', $ldapServer);
+
+ function ldapLogin($username, $password) {
+ # log user into LDAP
+ return false;
+ }
Returning false makes less sense for events where the action is
complete, and will normally be ignored.
A calling function or method uses the wfRunHooks() function to run
the hooks related to a particular event, like so:
- class Article {
- # ...
- function protect() {
- global $wgUser;
- if (wfRunHooks('ArticleProtect', array(&$this, &$wgUser))) {
- # protect the article
- wfRunHooks('ArticleProtectComplete', array(&$this, &$wgUser));
- }
+ class Article {
+ # ...
+ function protect() {
+ global $wgUser;
+ if (wfRunHooks('ArticleProtect', array(&$this, &$wgUser))) {
+ # protect the article
+ wfRunHooks('ArticleProtectComplete', array(&$this, &$wgUser));
+ }
+ }
}
wfRunHooks() returns true if the calling function should continue
This is a list of known events and parameters; please add to it if
you're going to add events to the MediaWiki code.
+'AbortLogin': Return false to cancel account login.
+$user: the User object being authenticated against
+$password: the password being submitted, not yet checked for validity
+&$retval: a LoginForm class constant to return from authenticateUserData();
+ default is LoginForm::ABORTED. Note that the client may be using
+ a machine API rather than the HTML user interface.
+
'AbortNewAccount': Return false to cancel account creation.
$user: the User object about to be created (read-only, incomplete)
$message: out parameter: error message to display on abort
'AddNewAccount': after a user account is created
$user: the User object that was created. (Parameter added in 1.7)
+'AlternateEdit': before checking if an user can edit a page and
+before showing the edit form ( EditPage::edit() ). This is triggered
+on &action=edit.
+$EditPage : the EditPage object
+
'ArticleDelete': before an article is deleted
$article: the article (object) being deleted
$user: the user (object) deleting the article
$user: the user that deleted the article
$reason: the reason the article was deleted
+'ArticleInsertComplete': After an article is created
+$article: Article created
+$user: User creating the article
+$text: New content
+$summary: Edit summary/comment
+$isMinor: Whether or not the edit was marked as minor
+$isWatch: (No longer used)
+$section: (No longer used)
+$flags: Flags passed to Article::doEdit()
+$revision: New Revision of the article
+
'ArticleProtect': before an article is protected
$article: the article being protected
$user: the user doing the protection
$iswatch: watch flag
$section: section #
+'ArticleSaveComplete': After an article has been updated
+$article: Article modified
+$user: User performing the modification
+$text: New content
+$summary: Edit summary/comment
+$isMinor: Whether or not the edit was marked as minor
+$isWatch: (No longer used)
+$section: (No longer used)
+$flags: Flags passed to Article::doEdit()
+$revision: New Revision of the article
+
'ArticleSaveComplete': after an article is saved
$article: the article (object) saved
$user: the user (object) who saved the article
$iswatch: watch flag
$section: section #
+wfRunHooks( 'ArticleSaveComplete', array( &$this, &$wgUser, $text, $summary, $flags & EDIT_MINOR, null, null, &$flags, $revision ) );
+
+'ArticleUndeleted': When one or more revisions of an article are restored
+$title: Title corresponding to the article restored
+$create: Whether or not the restoration caused the page to be created
+(i.e. it didn't exist before)
+
+'ArticleViewHeader': Before the parser cache is about to be tried for article viewing.
+&$pcache: whether to try the parser cache or not
+&$outputDone: whether the output for this page finished or not
+
'AuthPluginSetup': update or replace authentication plugin object ($wgAuth)
Gives a chance for an extension to set it programattically to a variable class.
&$auth: the $wgAuth object, probably a stub
Change $bad and return false to override. If an image is "bad", it is not
rendered inline in wiki pages or galleries in category pages.
+'BeforeGalleryFindFile': before an image is fetched for a gallery
+&$gallery,: the gallery object
+&$nt: the image title
+&$time: image timestamp
+
+'BeforeParserFetchTemplateAndtitle': before a template is fetched by Parser
+&$parser: Parser object
+&$title: title of the template
+&$skip: skip this template and link it?
+&$id: the id of the revision being parsed
+
+'BeforeParserMakeImageLinkObj': before an image is rendered by Parser
+&$parser: Parser object
+&$nt: the image title
+&$skip: skip this image and link it?
+&$time: the image timestamp
+
+'BeforeParserrenderImageGallery': before an image gallery is rendered by Parser
+&$parser: Parser object
+&$ig: ImageGallery object
+
'BlockIp': before an IP address or user is blocked
$block: the Block object about to be saved
$user: the user _doing_ the block (not the one being blocked)
$block: the Block object that was saved
$user: the user who did the block (not the one being blocked)
+'BookInformation': Before information output on Special:Booksources
+$isbn: ISBN to show information for
+$output: OutputPage object in use
+
+'ContributionsToolLinks': Change tool links above Special:Contributions
+$id: User identifier
+$title: User page title
+&$tools: Array of tool links
+
+'CustomEditor': When invoking the page editor
+$article: Article being edited
+$user: User performing the edit
+
+Return true to allow the normal editor to be used, or false
+if implementing a custom editor, e.g. for a special namespace,
+etc.
+
'DiffViewHeader': called before diff display
$diff: DifferenceEngine object that's calling
$oldRev: Revision object of the "old" revision (may be null/invalid)
&$text: Text to preload with
&$title: Title object representing the page being created
+'EditPage::showEditForm:fields': allows injection of form field into edit form
+&$editor: the EditPage instance for reference
+&$out: an OutputPage instance to write to
+return value is ignored (should always return true)
+
'EditFilter': Perform checks on an edit
$editor: Edit form (see includes/EditPage.php)
$text: Contents of the edit box
to be echoed at the top of the edit form as wikitext. Return true without altering
$error to allow the edit to proceed.
+'EditSectionLink': Override the return value of Linker::editSectionLink()
+$skin: Skin rendering the UI
+$title: Title being linked to
+$section: Section to link to
+$link: Default link
+$result: Result (alter this to override the generated links)
+
+'EditSectionLinkForOther': Override the return value of Linker::editSectionLinkForOther()
+$skin: Skin rendering the UI
+$title: Title being linked to
+$section: Section to link to
+$hint: Anchor title/tooltip attributes
+$link: Default link
+$result: Result (alter this to override the generated links)
+
'EmailConfirmed': When checking that the user's email address is "confirmed"
$user: User being checked
$confirmed: Whether or not the email address is confirmed
&$list: List object (defaults to NULL, change it to an object instance and return
false override the list derivative used)
+'FileUpload': When a file upload occurs
+$file : Image object representing the file that was uploaded
+
'GetInternalURL': modify fully-qualified URLs used for squid cache purging
$title: Title object of page
$url: string value as output (out parameter, can modify)
$url: string value as output (out parameter, can modify)
$query: query options passed to Title::getFullURL()
+'ImageOpenShowImageInlineBefore': Call potential extension just before showing the image on an image page
+$imagePage: ImagePage object ($this)
+$output: $wgOut
+
+'InternalParseBeforeLinks': during Parser's internalParse method before links but
+after noinclude/includeonly/onlyinclude and other processing.
+&$this: Parser object
+&$text: string containing partially parsed text
+&$this->mStripState: Parser's internal StripState object
+
+'isValidPassword': Override the result of User::isValidPassword()
+$password: Desired password
+&$result: Set this and return false to override the internal checks
+$user: User the password is being validated for
+
+'LinksUpdateConstructed': At the end of LinksUpdate() is contruction.
+&$linksUpdate: the LinkUpdate object
+
+'LoginAuthenticateAudit': a login attempt for a valid user account either succeeded or failed.
+ No return data is accepted; this hook is for auditing only.
+$user: the User object being authenticated against
+$password: the password being submitted and found wanting
+$retval: a LoginForm class constant with authenticateUserData() return value (SUCCESS, WRONG_PASS, etc)
+
'LogPageValidTypes': action being logged. DEPRECATED: Use $wgLogTypes
&$type: array of strings
$parserOutput: the parserOutput (object) that corresponds to the page
$text: the text that will be displayed, in HTML (string)
+'PageHistoryBeforeList': When a history page list is about to be constructed.
+$article: the article that the history is loading for
+
+'PageHistoryLineEnding' : right before the end <li> is added to a history line
+$row: the revision row for this line
+$s: the string representing this parsed line
+
'PageRenderingHash': alter the parser cache option hash key
A parser extension which depends on user options should install
this hook and append its values to the key.
$hash: reference to a hash key string which can be modified
+'ParserTestTables': alter the list of tables to duplicate when parser tests
+are run. Use when page save hooks require the presence of custom tables
+to ensure that tests continue to run properly.
+&$tables: array of table names
+
'PersonalUrls': Alter the user-specific navigation links (e.g. "my page,
my talk page, my contributions" etc).
$form : PreferencesForm object
&$html : HTML to append to
+'RawPageViewBeforeOutput': Right before the text is blown out in action=raw
+&$obj: RawPage object
+&$text: The text that's going to be the output
+
+'SearchUpdate': Prior to search update completion
+$id : Page id
+$namespace : Page namespace
+$title : Page title
+$text : Current text being indexed
+
'SiteNoticeBefore': Before the sitenotice/anonnotice is composed
&$siteNotice: HTML returned as the sitenotice
Return true to allow the normal method of notice selection/rendering to work,
&$siteNotice: HTML sitenotice
Alter the contents of $siteNotice to add to/alter the sitenotice/anonnotice.
+'SkinTemplateOutputPageBeforeExec': Before SkinTemplate::outputPage() starts page output
+&$sktemplate: SkinTemplate object
+&$tpl: Template engine object
+
+'SpecialContributionsBeforeMainOutput': Before the form on Special:Contributions
+$id: User identifier
+
'TitleMoveComplete': after moving an article (title)
$old: old title
$nt: new title
$user: user that watched
$article: article object that was watched
+'UserGetRights': Called in User::getRights()
+$user: User to get rights for
+&$rights: Current rights
+
+'UserEffectiveGroups': Called in User::getEffectiveGroups()
+$user: User to get groups for
+&$groups: Current effective groups
+
'CategoryPageView': before viewing a categorypage in CategoryPage::view
$catpage: CategoryPage instance
Can be used to set custom CSS/JS
$out: OutputPage object
+'ShowRawCssJs': Customise the output of raw CSS and JavaScript in page views
+$text: Text being shown
+$title: Title of the custom script/stylesheet page
+$output: Current OutputPage object
+
+'AjaxAddScript': Called in output page just before the initialisation
+of the javascript ajax engine. The hook is only called when ajax
+is enabled ( $wgUseAjax = true; ).
+
More hooks might be available but undocumented, you can execute
./maintenance/findhooks.php to find hidden one.