Extension:FileLinkCorrection

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FileLinkCorrection Release status: beta
Implementation	Page action
Description	Using file:// links with linktext with MediaWiki+FCKeditor
Author(s)	Johannes Perl (JperlTalk)
Last version	0.1.0 (2008-02-28)
MediaWiki	1.10.2+
License	No license specified
Download	see below
Hooks used OutputPageBeforeHTML
Check usage (experimental)

What can this extension do?

This extension corrects file:// links with description which are destroyed by the FCKeditor.

This extension should have become obsolete for new mediawiki versions as FCKeditor has been improved now. Go to Extension:FCKeditor_(by_FCKeditor_and_Wikia) for details.

Download instructions

Please cut and paste the code found below and place it in $IP/extensions/FileLinkCorrection.php. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

#to correct file:// links destroyed by FCKeditor
include("extensions/FileLinkCorrection.php");

Code

<?php
# FileLinkCorrection MediaWiki Extention
# Created by Johannes Perl
#
#
# When using file:// links with MediaWiki+FCKeditor, file links of the form 
# [file://path/to/file/file.txt filename] are destroyed.
# This extension parses the html output and corrects destroyed tags. 

$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
        'name' => 'FileLinkCorrection',
        'author' => 'Johannes Perl',
        'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jperl',
        'description' => 'This extension helps to be able to use file:// links with description MediaWiki+FCKeditor.',
        'version'=>'0.1.0'
);
 
$wgHooks['OutputPageBeforeHTML'][] = 'fileLinkCorrection';
 
function fileLinkCorrection(&$out, &$parseroutput)
{
        $mBodytext = $out->mBodytext;
        //preview of text       
        if($mBodytext != "")
                $out->mBodytext = preg_replace('/\[(<a[^>]*\>)([^(bearbeiten)].*)<\/a>(.*)\]/U', "$1$3</a>", $mBodytext);
        else
                $parseroutput = preg_replace('/\[(<a[^>]*\>)([^(bearbeiten)].*)<\/a>(.*)\]/U', "$1$3</a>", $parseroutput);
 
        return true;
}
?>

See also

• MediaWiki+FCKeditor
  
• Extension:TagCorrection