On 12/24/07, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:

Magic words such as "nowiki" are case-insensitive. (Possibly there are some magic words that are case-sensitive, but I can't think of any immediately.)

Most likely that would include all "magic words" which when used resemble html tags, being formatted <like> </this> (Obviously there would be others too, "#ReDiReCt" comes to mind).

—C.W.

I had sent a few days ago a questions regading a programing issue I have writing a TAG extension, but so far no one on the list was able to help. I am just wondering if this is the proper list to ask about such technichal questions, and if not is there a list that is dedicated for such questions. I appreciate any help in directing me to were one can obtain such help.

My question is repeated below:

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I am running mediawiki on MySQL on a Windows server. I am writing a TAG extension which needs to pull data from a MS SQL data source. In the extension's PHP code, I have the line:

$sqlconnect=odbc_connect($dsn,$username,$password);

When running this PHP code outside of the Wiki (e.g., in the DOS prompt by typing PHP code.php), the connection works and I actually pull out data from the database. But inside the extension code, $sqlconnect ends up being null. Is there a setting that I am missing that allows me to connect to an external database? Is one not allowed to connect to a database in a TAG extension code? (I am new to extensions).

I also tried pulling the same data via web services. I tried the line:

$client = new SoapClient("http://www.mydomain.com/MyService.asmx?wsdl https://portal.gorgiaspress.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mydomain.com/MyService.asmx?wsdl <http://www.mydomain.com/MyServiceFulfillment.asmx?wsdl https://portal.gorgiaspress.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.mydomain.com/MyServiceFulfillment.asmx?wsdl > ");

Again, I successfully was able to pull data out of the web services when I ran the code outside of the wiki at the DOS prompt. But once in the Wiki extension code, my Wiki pages go blank!

Again, is there a setting that I am missing that will allow me to connect to databases and web services in TAG extensions?

Thanks

George A. Kiraz

George A. Kiraz

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From: wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Charlotte Webb Sent: Tue 12/25/2007 5:06 PM To: Wikimedia developers Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] NOWIKI & nowiki

On 12/24/07, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:

Magic words such as "nowiki" are case-insensitive. (Possibly there are some magic words that are case-sensitive, but I can't think of any immediately.)

Most likely that would include all "magic words" which when used resemble html tags, being formatted <like> </this> (Obviously there would be others too, "#ReDiReCt" comes to mind).

-C.W.

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Most likely a PHP error (memory_limit issues are the most common). See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Errors_and_Symptoms#You_see_a_Blank_Pag e

In addition to the other mailing list Simetrical sent out, you can always stop by #mediawiki IRC channel on freenode.

-Tim Laqua

-----Original Message----- From: wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikitech-l- bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of George Kiraz Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 7:27 PM To: Wikimedia developers Subject: [Wikitech-l] PHP issues within MeiaWiki Questions

I had sent a few days ago a questions regading a programing issue I have writing a TAG extension, but so far no one on the list was able to help. I am just wondering if this is the proper list to ask about such technichal questions, and if not is there a list that is dedicated for such questions. I appreciate any help in directing me to were one can obtain such help.

My question is repeated below:

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I am running mediawiki on MySQL on a Windows server. I am writing a TAG extension which needs to pull data from a MS SQL data source. In the extension's PHP code, I have the line:

$sqlconnect=odbc_connect($dsn,$username,$password);

When running this PHP code outside of the Wiki (e.g., in the DOS prompt by typing PHP code.php), the connection works and I actually pull out data from the database. But inside the extension code, $sqlconnect ends up being null. Is there a setting that I am missing that allows me to connect to an external database? Is one not allowed to connect to a database in a TAG extension code? (I am new to extensions).

I also tried pulling the same data via web services. I tried the line:

$client = new SoapClient("http://www.mydomain.com/MyService.asmx?wsdl https://portal.gorgiaspress.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.m ydomain.com/MyService.asmx?wsdl <http://www.mydomain.com/MyServiceFulfillment.asmx?wsdl https://portal.gorgiaspress.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.m ydomain.com/MyServiceFulfillment.asmx?wsdl > ");

Again, I successfully was able to pull data out of the web services when I ran the code outside of the wiki at the DOS prompt. But once in the Wiki extension code, my Wiki pages go blank!

Again, is there a setting that I am missing that will allow me to connect to databases and web services in TAG extensions?

Thanks

George A. Kiraz

George A. Kiraz

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George A. Kiraz, M.St. (Oxon), M.Phil., Ph.D. (Cantab) Gorgias Press 180 Centennial Ave., Suite A Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA Tel. (732) 885- 8900 Fax (732) 885-8908

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From: wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Charlotte Webb Sent: Tue 12/25/2007 5:06 PM To: Wikimedia developers Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] NOWIKI & nowiki

On 12/24/07, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:

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Magic words such as "nowiki" are case-insensitive. (Possibly there are some magic words that are case-sensitive, but I can't think of

any

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immediately.)

Most likely that would include all "magic words" which when used resemble html tags, being formatted <like> </this> (Obviously there would be others too, "#ReDiReCt" comes to mind).

-C.W.

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Simetrical wrote:

On 12/24/07, 65s.mg@atlas.cz 65s.mg@atlas.cz wrote:

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Hello, I have a question. What's different between the NOWIKI and nowiki tags? Thanks for answer.

Magic words such as "nowiki" are case-insensitive. (Possibly there are some magic words that are case-sensitive, but I can't think of any immediately.)

"nowiki" is not a magic word. It is hard-coded. Magic words are optionally case sensitive, have synonym lists, and are internationalisable.

-- Tim Starling