Extension:MediaFunctions

MediaWiki extensions manual

MediaFunctions Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	Parser function
Description	Provides various parser functions to obtain properties of media files
Author(s)	Rob Church (Robchurchtalk)
Latest version	1.5.0 (2020-04-14)
MediaWiki	1.29+
PHP	5.5+
Database changes	No
License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads	7 (Ranked 118th)
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The MediaFunctions extension adds several parser functions to MediaWiki which provide access to properties and metadata of various media files in both local and remote repositories.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted MediaFunctions folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MediaFunctions
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'MediaFunctions' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.35 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension(). If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.35 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'MediaFunctions' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/extensions/MediaFunctions/MediaFunctions.php";

Usage

Function	Syntax	Description
mediamime	{{#mediamime:Image:Filename.ext}}	Returns the MIME type of the file
mediasize	{{#mediasize:Image:Filename.ext}}	Returns the size of the file
mediaheight	{{#mediaheight:Image:Filename.ext}}	Returns the height of the file, if it is an image
mediawidth	{{#mediawidth:Image:Filename.ext}}	Returns the width of the file, if it is an image
mediadimensions	{{#mediadimensions:Image:Filename.ext}}	Returns a formatted dimensions string for the image
mediapages	{{#mediapages:Image:Filename.ext}}	Returns the number of pages for paged media
mediaexif	{{#mediaexif:Image:Filename.ext|exif field name|optional index for field}} {{#mediaexif:Image:Filename.jpg|Artist}}	Returns one of the exif metadata fields. For array fields, takes a third parameter for the index of the field (Defaults to 0 if unspecified).