I'm playing with extensions, but am having trouble seeing the results.
How can I mark an article as "dirty" in an extension, so it will refresh every time?
Here's my extension, using the Unix fortune(6) command, which returns a random fortune each time, but when refreshed in a browser, I get the same one back each time. When I click "edit," I get new results, but when I refresh my browser, I do not. I even turned debugging on in the browser and made sure the browser cache was cleared. (It's taking enough time; it's obviously doing SOMETHING on the server.)
Another odd thing happens: if I use system() or passthru(), the fortune DOES refresh, but it prints at the top of the window, rather than inside the content area. When I tried shell_exec(), it puts the same old fortune in the content area each time!
extensions/Fortune.php <?php $wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'wfFortune';
function wfFortune() { global $wgParser; $wgParser->setHook('fortune', 'renderFortune'); }
function renderFortune($input) { $output = "<p><i>"; $output .= shell_exec('/sw/bin/fortune'); $output .= '</i></p>'; return $output; } ?>
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