I found the frameworks on this page to be helpful in building special pages http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page Jim On Apr 14, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Ian Smith wrote: > So, you have a script which basically pops up an HTML form? > Sounds > like you want to make a new special page. This would be a page > that you can link to, and which can access MW's security > features - > so you can restrict it to people who have confirmed email > addresses, eg. > > Find another extension that does something similar, and merge your > code into it. > > Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Finkelstein [mailto:sf@stevefink.net] > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:53 PM Pacific Standard Time > To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Tie in a script? > > All, > > Not sure what the correct terminology is, assuming it might be a > hook or > extension. Either way - I have existing scripts which I've > written in > PHP that simply allow users to change their LDAP password, etc. > I'm > looking to throw this code (it's just a form with basic PHP+LDAP > support) into MediaWiki so users can change their password from > there. > Currently I have it linked as an external link and for security > purposes, this isn't favorable. > > Is there any suggestions on how I can begin to go about this? The > correct documentation etc would be much preferred. > > Thanks all! > > - Steve > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ===================================== Jim Hu Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

What MW/php versions are you using? I didn't have to explicitly include, but I think MW autoloads the classes, which doesn't work in PHP4. That's my handwaving guess - the real experts can confirm or deny. Jim On Apr 15, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Steve Finkelstein wrote: > When writing a SpecialPage, I receive the following error: > > PHP Fatal error: Class 'SpecialPage' not found > > Do I have to explicitly include SpecialPage.php in my code? It > doesn't > list it as such in the page listed below by Jim. > > - sf > > Jim Hu wrote: >> I found the frameworks on this page to be helpful in building >> special >> pages >> >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page >> >> Jim >> On Apr 14, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Ian Smith wrote: >> >>> So, you have a script which basically pops up an HTML form? >>> Sounds >>> like you want to make a new special page. This would be a page >>> that you can link to, and which can access MW's security >>> features - >>> so you can restrict it to people who have confirmed email >>> addresses, eg. >>> >>> Find another extension that does something similar, and merge >>> your >>> code into it. >>> >>> Ian >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Steve Finkelstein [mailto:sf@stevefink.net] >>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:53 PM Pacific Standard Time >>> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Tie in a script? >>> >>> All, >>> >>> Not sure what the correct terminology is, assuming it might be a >>> hook or >>> extension. Either way - I have existing scripts which I've >>> written in >>> PHP that simply allow users to change their LDAP password, etc. >>> I'm >>> looking to throw this code (it's just a form with basic PHP+LDAP >>> support) into MediaWiki so users can change their password from >>> there. >>> Currently I have it linked as an external link and for security >>> purposes, this isn't favorable. >>> >>> Is there any suggestions on how I can begin to go about this? >>> The >>> correct documentation etc would be much preferred. >>> >>> Thanks all! >>> >>> - Steve >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> ===================================== >> Jim Hu >> Associate Professor >> Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics >> 2128 TAMU >> Texas A&M Univ. >> College Station, TX 77843-2128 >> 979-862-4054 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l ===================================== Jim Hu Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2128 TAMU Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX 77843-2128 979-862-4054 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

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