Output is handled through our output buffering class; see OutputPage.php. Within an extension, one can use the global $wgOut, then call functions to add HTML and wikitext to the output page.

Writing to the debug log can be done with wfDebug().

Rob Church

On 30/01/06, Hugh Prior mediawiki@localpin.com wrote:

I downloaded and installed Mediawiki 1.5.5 a few days ago, and have been having a look. I have pretty good experience in PHP, but it's my first look at Mediawiki.

One of the biggest things I have noticed is:

a) echo, doesn't

b) if I try and create my own "test_wiki.php" file calling wiki functions/methods, I get I think errors but all that is displayed on the screen is a complete blank

I suppose these things are basically the same thing. Is "echo" disabled? Is there some other global setting I haven't seen which is stopping output to the screen? Is there some magic constant that I have to set to get debug output (I have found $wgDebugLogFile, $wgDebugRedirects, $wgDebugRawPage, $wgDebugComments, $wgReadOnly, $wgLogQueries, $wgDebugDumpSql but they don't seem to help much).

Thanks for any help.

Hugh Prior

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This link explains use of $wgOut for doing the work of echo: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page#OutputPage_.24wgOu...

"Hugh Prior" mediawiki@localpin.com wrote in message news:drkqkc$1p6$1@sea.gmane.org...

One of the biggest things I have noticed is:

a) echo, doesn't