Extension:MediaFunctions
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MediaFunctions Release status: unmaintained |
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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 |
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Quarterly downloads | 8 (Ranked 122nd) |
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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
[edit]- Download and move the extracted
MediaFunctions
folder to yourextensions/
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
[edit]Function | Syntax | Description |
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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}} |
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). |