MediaWiki  1.28.1
docs/globals.txt File Reference

Functions

$article view ()
 

Variables

globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of
globals were initialised on
startup by MediaWiki of these
were configuration which are
documented in DefaultSettings
php There is no comprehensive
documentation for the
remaining however some of the
most important ones are listed
below They are typically
initialised either in index
php or in Setup php For a
description of the see design
txt $wgTitle Title object
created from the request URL
$wgOut OutputPage object for
HTTP response $wgUser User
object for the user associated
with the current request
$wgLang Language object
selected by user preferences
$wgContLang Language object
associated with the wiki being
viewed $wgParser Parser object
Parser extensions register
their hooks here $wgRequest
WebRequest to get request data 
$messageMemc
 
 $oldArticle = $wgArticle
 
versus $oldTitle = $wgTitle
 
 $wgArticle = new Article
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of
globals were initialised on
startup by MediaWiki of these
were configuration which are
documented in DefaultSettings
php There is no comprehensive
documentation for the
remaining however some of the
most important ones are listed
below They are typically
initialised either in index
php or in Setup php For a
description of the see design
txt $wgTitle Title object
created from the request URL
$wgOut OutputPage object for
HTTP response $wgUser User
object for the user associated
with the current request
$wgLang Language object
selected by user preferences
$wgContLang Language object
associated with the wiki being
viewed $wgParser Parser object
Parser extensions register
their hooks here $wgRequest
WebRequest to get request data 
$wgMemc
 
 $wgTitle = Title::newFromText( $t )
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of
globals were initialised on
startup by MediaWiki of these
were configuration which are
documented in DefaultSettings
php There is no comprehensive
documentation for the
remaining however some of the
most important ones are listed
below They are typically
initialised either in index
php or in Setup php For a
description of the 
classes
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an 
efficient
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki 
entirely
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of
globals were initialised on
startup by MediaWiki of these
were configuration which are
documented in DefaultSettings
php There is no comprehensive
documentation for the
remaining 
globals
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of
globals were initialised on
startup by MediaWiki of these
were configuration which are
documented in DefaultSettings
php There is no comprehensive
documentation for the
remaining however some of the
most important ones are listed
below They are typically
initialised either in index
php or in Setup php For a
description of the see design
txt $wgTitle Title object
created from the request URL
$wgOut OutputPage object for
HTTP response $wgUser User
object for the user associated
with the current request
$wgLang Language object
selected by user preferences
$wgContLang Language object
associated with the wiki being
viewed $wgParser Parser object
Parser extensions register
their hooks here $wgRequest
WebRequest 
object
 
globals txt Globals are evil
The original MediaWiki code
relied on globals for
processing context far too
often MediaWiki development
since then has been a story of
slowly moving context out of
global variables and into
objects Storing processing
context in object member
variables allows those objects
to be reused in a much more
flexible way Consider the
elegance 
of
 database rows More...
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be 
seen
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of
globals were initialised on
startup by MediaWiki of these
were configuration 
settings
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being 
though
 
globals will be eliminated
from MediaWiki replaced by an
application object which would
be passed to constructors
Whether that would be an
convenient solution remains to
be but certainly PHP makes
such object oriented
programming models easier than
they were in previous versions
For the time being MediaWiki
programmers will have to work
in an environment with some
global context At the time of 
writing
 

Function Documentation

$wgArticle view ( )

Variable Documentation

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of globals were initialised on startup by MediaWiki of these were configuration which are documented in DefaultSettings php There is no comprehensive documentation for the remaining however some of the most important ones are listed below They are typically initialised either in index php or in Setup php For a description of the see design txt $wgTitle Title object created from the request URL $wgOut OutputPage object for HTTP response $wgUser User object for the user associated with the current request $wgLang Language object selected by user preferences $wgContLang Language object associated with the wiki being viewed $wgParser Parser object Parser extensions register their hooks here $wgRequest WebRequest to get request data $messageMemc
$oldArticle = $wgArticle

Definition at line 17 of file globals.txt.

$wgArticle = new Article

Definition at line 21 of file globals.txt.

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of globals were initialised on startup by MediaWiki of these were configuration which are documented in DefaultSettings php There is no comprehensive documentation for the remaining however some of the most important ones are listed below They are typically initialised either in index php or in Setup php For a description of the see design txt $wgTitle Title object created from the request URL $wgOut OutputPage object for HTTP response $wgUser User object for the user associated with the current request $wgLang Language object selected by user preferences $wgContLang Language object associated with the wiki being viewed $wgParser Parser object Parser extensions register their hooks here $wgRequest WebRequest to get request data $wgMemc
$wgTitle = Title::newFromText( $t )

Definition at line 20 of file globals.txt.

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of globals were initialised on startup by MediaWiki of these were configuration which are documented in DefaultSettings php There is no comprehensive documentation for the remaining however some of the most important ones are listed below They are typically initialised either in index php or in Setup php For a description of the classes
globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an efficient

Definition at line 25 of file globals.txt.

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki entirely

Definition at line 25 of file globals.txt.

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of globals were initialised on startup by MediaWiki of these were configuration which are documented in DefaultSettings php There is no comprehensive documentation for the remaining globals
globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of globals were initialised on startup by MediaWiki of these were configuration which are documented in DefaultSettings php There is no comprehensive documentation for the remaining however some of the most important ones are listed below They are typically initialised either in index php or in Setup php For a description of the see design txt $wgTitle Title object created from the request URL $wgOut OutputPage object for HTTP response $wgUser User object for the user associated with the current request $wgLang Language object selected by user preferences $wgContLang Language object associated with the wiki being viewed $wgParser Parser object Parser extensions register their hooks here $wgRequest WebRequest object
globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be seen

Definition at line 25 of file globals.txt.

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of globals were initialised on startup by MediaWiki of these were configuration settings
globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being though

Definition at line 25 of file globals.txt.

globals will be eliminated from MediaWiki replaced by an application object which would be passed to constructors Whether that would be an convenient solution remains to be but certainly PHP makes such object oriented programming models easier than they were in previous versions For the time being MediaWiki programmers will have to work in an environment with some global context At the time of writing

Definition at line 25 of file globals.txt.