(bug 40930) Fix regression: ContentHandler prevents action=edit append to blank page

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / includes / api / ApiEditPage.php

diff --git a/includes/api/ApiEditPage.php b/includes/api/ApiEditPage.php
index 87302e6..ca62bc6 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/api/ApiEditPage.php
+++ b/includes/api/ApiEditPage.php
@@ -128,17 +128,10 @@ class ApiEditPage extends ApiBase {
                {
                        $content = $pageObj->getContent();
 
-                       // @todo: Add support for appending/prepending to the Content interface
-
-                       if ( !( $content instanceof TextContent ) ) {
-                               $mode = $contentHandler->getModelID();
-                               $this->dieUsage( "Can't append to pages using content model $mode", 'appendnotsupported' );
-                       }
-
                        if ( !$content ) {
-                               # If this is a MediaWiki:x message, then load the messages
-                               # and return the message value for x.
                                if ( $titleObj->getNamespace() == NS_MEDIAWIKI ) {
+                                       # If this is a MediaWiki:x message, then load the messages
+                                       # and return the message value for x.
                                        $text = $titleObj->getDefaultMessageText();
                                        if ( $text === false ) {
                                                $text = '';
@@ -150,9 +143,19 @@ class ApiEditPage extends ApiBase {
                                                $this->dieUsage( $ex->getMessage(), 'parseerror' );
                                                return;
                                        }
+                               } else {
+                                       # Otherwise, make a new empty content.
+                                       $content = $contentHandler->makeEmptyContent();
                                }
                        }
 
+                       // @todo: Add support for appending/prepending to the Content interface
+
+                       if ( !( $content instanceof TextContent ) ) {
+                               $mode = $contentHandler->getModelID();
+                               $this->dieUsage( "Can't append to pages using content model $mode", 'appendnotsupported' );
+                       }
+
                        if ( !is_null( $params['section'] ) ) {
                                if ( !$contentHandler->supportsSections() ) {
                                        $modelName = $contentHandler->getModelID();