[Mediawiki-l] Code to create a new article in the db

[a@kid]

Is there a method i can call that given a title, namespace, and  
content for a page will create a new article in the db?

i'm aware of the inputbox extension but i am looking for something  
that actually creates a new article in the db rather than just  
preloading the edit page with a template.

thanks in advance