Extension:UserTools
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 Release status: beta |
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| Implementation | Extended syntax |
| Author(s) | Jean-Lou Dupont |
| Latest version | 1.1.0 |
| MediaWiki | 1.10, 1.11 |
| License | No license specified |
| Download | SVN See SVN ($Id: UserTools.doc.wikitext 762 2007-12-14 15:20:18Z jeanlou.dupont $) |
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Contents
Purpose[edit | edit source]
Provides secure parser functions to retrieve user related information.
Usage[edit | edit source]
This extension is really meant to be used with Extension:ParserPhase2.
User options[edit | edit source]
- E.g.
(($#cusergetoption|email|default$))- Get the current user's email option
- E.g.
(($#usergetoption|user id or name|email|default$))- Get the specified user's email option IFF the current has the 'userdetails' right
User Group Membership[edit | edit source]
- {{#cuserfromgroup:group-to-look-for|trueValue|falseValue}}
- trueValue is returned if current user is part of group
- falseValue is returned if current user is not part of group
Similar to #cuserfromgroup:
- {{#userfromgroup:username-OR-user-id|group-to-look-for|trueValue|falseValue}}
- Either a username or user id must be supplied
Features[edit | edit source]
- Options are categorized as either 'RESTRICTED' or 'UNRESTRICTED' for privacy reasons
- User must have the userdetails right to access 'RESTRICTED' options
- Also, the current user must have the userdetails to view some other user's group membership
Dependencies[edit | edit source]
Installation[edit | edit source]
See the Mediawiki Extension table entry "download" above.[1]
LocalSettings.php[edit | edit source]
Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote[2]
- Add the following to LocalSettings.php, if the extension was downloaded from Jean-Lou Dupont's MediaWiki SVN directory (link in the download entry of the table above)[2]:
require_once "$IP/extensions/ParserExt/ParserExt.php";
- Since this Extensions is depending on StubManager, add the line after the StubManager include, or else your Wiki won't work.
PEAR[edit | edit source]PEAR is a repository of PHP software code.
pear channel-discover mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn
pear install mediawiki/ParserExt require 'MediaWiki/ParserExt/ParserExt.php';
pear upgrade pear Upgrades through PEAR[edit | edit source]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[edit | edit source]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[edit | edit source]
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Notes[edit | edit source]
Other Extensions From the same author[edit | edit source]
Consult User Jldupont's page.
- ↑ 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.phpis only necessary if not using Extension:ExtensionManager
History[edit | edit source]
| Release | Notes |
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| 1.1.0 | Addition of #cuserfromgroup and #userfromgroup |
