Re: [Mediawiki-l] Tie in a script?

Jim,

Thanks for all the responses.

We got my code working with POSTing a simple HTML form using SpecialPages. The problem is I was using exit(); in my code. This affected output which is buffered in MediaWiki. Thanks to lch on IRC for the find.

- Steve

Jim Hu wrote:

Hi Steve,

I'm confused about what you want to do. I just did an experiment using the Includable example you linked to. I replaced the function execute with:

function execute( $par = null ) {
	global $wgOut, $wgRequest;
	
	if ( $this->including() )
		$out = "I'm being included";
	else {
		$out = "I'm being viewed as a Special Page";
		$this->foo = $wgRequest->getText('foo');
		$out .= " Last submission:".$this->foo;
		$out .= "<form method='post'><input name='foo' type='text'  

value='".$this->foo."' size='20' maxlength='255'></form>"; $this->setHeaders(); }

	$wgOut->addHtml( $out );
}

}

It shows as Special:Includable and prints whatever was entered into the single input box to the screen when it reloads (I just submitted with return; if I was doing this for a real page I would add a submit button)

Hope this helps.

Jim

On Apr 16, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Steve Finkelstein wrote:

...

I hate replying to my own e-mail. However, after some discussion with more savvy MediaWiki type on IRC, its been discovered that MediaWiki does not like POST requests via forms, at least for SpecialPages. When I hit submit on my form using code from http://stevefink.net/mediawiki/ldaptools_body.php, a blank page comes up.

If anyone has any idea if there is a workaround, or if it's not possible so I can exhaust my efforts, that would be great.

Thanks much,

• sf

Steve Finkelstein wrote:

...

Hi Rob,

I've tried your method and it's the same as omitting an action all together, which posts to PHP_SELF. The form ends up redirecting to a bad title page:

Bad title From MedLime Jump to: navigation, search

The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title. It may contain one or more characters which cannot be used in titles.

Return to Main Page.

• Steve

Rob Church wrote:

...

On 16/04/07, Steve Finkelstein sf@stevefink.net wrote:

...

  $wgOut->addHTML('<form method="POST"

action="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'">');

Variables won't be interpolated inside single quotes. Use something like:

global $wgTitle; $action = $wgTitle->escapeLocalUrl(); $wgOut->addHtml( "<form method="post" action="{$action}">" );

[The use of $wgTitle, or another constructed Title object representing the special page, is the standard method of obtaining a canonical URL in MediaWiki.]

Rob Church

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