Extension:SelectTag
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Parser function |
| Description | Adds customisable <select> for inserting text via database fetching. |
| Author(s) | Khaled El Mansourytalk |
| Latest version | 1.2.0 (2022-11-05) |
| Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
| Database changes | No |
| License | GNU General Public License 3.0 or later |
| Download | README |
| Example | ExpressProgs TestWiki |
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$wgSelectTag |
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<select> |
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| Quarterly downloads | 0 |
| Translate the SelectTag extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
The SelectTag extension that can be used for embedding any kind of text (incl. HTML) into a wiki page via a new tag <select> tag. It selects the data to be displayed from a database table in the same database as MediaWiki is installed in.
It is fully customisable via the LocalSettings.php file to include as many attributes as needed.
Installation
- Download and move the extracted
SelectTagfolder 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/SelectTag - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'SelectTag' );
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
LocalSettings.php
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ '_dbname' ] = 'exampletbl';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ 'attr1' ] = 'field1';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ 'attr2' ] = 'field2';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ 'attr3' ] = 'field3';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ '_show' ][ 'show1' ] = 'field4';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ '_showDefault' ] = 'show1';
Page
<select _source="examplesource" arr1="value1" arr2="value2" arr3="value3" _show="show1" />
Resulting SQL query
SELECT field1, field2, field3 FROM exampletbl
WHERE arr1='value1' AND arr2='value2' AND arr3='value3';