Here's a litte howto I wrote but I'd like some feedback on it. I'm not sure if exposing the user object like this presents a big hole, and i should instead try a different way of presenting these variables?

Any thoughts?

----------------------------------------------------------- = Adding user permissions-specific content in mediawiki. = -----------------------------------------------------------

The way that templates are used in media wiki does not automatically enable user-permission-modifiable content to be specified in the template.

you have to let it access the user object.

in the default template, after

function execute( ){

add

global $wgUser;

and all of a sudden you have access to all the properties.

so now you can do fun stuff like

<?php if (!$wgUser->isAllowed('edit') ): ?>

[the edit controls]

<?php endif ?>

<?php if ( $wgUser->isAnon() ): ?>

anonymous users prohibited from viewing this page

<?php else ?>

[the page]

<?php endif; ?>