MediaWiki  1.34.0
FormSpecialPage Class Reference

Special page which uses an HTMLForm to handle processing. More...

Inheritance diagram for FormSpecialPage:
Collaboration diagram for FormSpecialPage:

Public Member Functions

 execute ( $par)
 Basic SpecialPage workflow: get a form, send it to the user; get some data back,. More...
 
 onSubmit (array $data)
 Process the form on POST submission. More...
 
 onSuccess ()
 Do something exciting on successful processing of the form, most likely to show a confirmation message. More...
 
 requiresUnblock ()
 Whether this action cannot be executed by a blocked user. More...
 
 requiresWrite ()
 Whether this action requires the wiki not to be locked. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from SpecialPage
 __construct ( $name='', $restriction='', $listed=true, $function=false, $file='', $includable=false)
 Default constructor for special pages Derivative classes should call this from their constructor Note that if the user does not have the required level, an error message will be displayed by the default execute() method, without the global function ever being called. More...
 
 addHelpLink ( $to, $overrideBaseUrl=false)
 Adds help link with an icon via page indicators. More...
 
 checkPermissions ()
 Checks if userCanExecute, and if not throws a PermissionsError. More...
 
 checkReadOnly ()
 If the wiki is currently in readonly mode, throws a ReadOnlyError. More...
 
 displayRestrictionError ()
 Output an error message telling the user what access level they have to have. More...
 
 doesWrites ()
 Indicates whether this special page may perform database writes. More...
 
 getConfig ()
 Shortcut to get main config object. More...
 
 getContext ()
 Gets the context this SpecialPage is executed in. More...
 
 getDescription ()
 Returns the name that goes in the \<h1\> in the special page itself, and also the name that will be listed in Special:Specialpages. More...
 
 getFinalGroupName ()
 Get the group that the special page belongs in on Special:SpecialPage Use this method, instead of getGroupName to allow customization of the group name from the wiki side. More...
 
 getFullTitle ()
 Return the full title, including $par. More...
 
 getLanguage ()
 Shortcut to get user's language. More...
 
 getLinkRenderer ()
 
 getLocalName ()
 Get the localised name of the special page. More...
 
 getName ()
 Get the name of this Special Page. More...
 
 getOutput ()
 Get the OutputPage being used for this instance. More...
 
 getPageTitle ( $subpage=false)
 Get a self-referential title object. More...
 
 getRequest ()
 Get the WebRequest being used for this instance. More...
 
 getRestriction ()
 Get the permission that a user must have to execute this page. More...
 
 getSkin ()
 Shortcut to get the skin being used for this instance. More...
 
 getUser ()
 Shortcut to get the User executing this instance. More...
 
 including ( $x=null)
 Whether the special page is being evaluated via transclusion. More...
 
 isCached ()
 Is this page cached? Expensive pages are cached or disabled in miser mode. More...
 
 isExpensive ()
 Is this page expensive (for some definition of expensive)? Expensive pages are disabled or cached in miser mode. More...
 
 isIncludable ()
 Whether it's allowed to transclude the special page via {{Special:Foo/params}}. More...
 
 isListed ()
 Whether this special page is listed in Special:SpecialPages. More...
 
 isRestricted ()
 Can be overridden by subclasses with more complicated permissions schemes. More...
 
 listed ( $x=null)
 Get or set whether this special page is listed in Special:SpecialPages. More...
 
 maxIncludeCacheTime ()
 How long to cache page when it is being included. More...
 
 msg ( $key,... $params)
 Wrapper around wfMessage that sets the current context. More...
 
 outputHeader ( $summaryMessageKey='')
 Outputs a summary message on top of special pages Per default the message key is the canonical name of the special page May be overridden, i.e. More...
 
 prefixSearchSubpages ( $search, $limit, $offset)
 Return an array of subpages beginning with $search that this special page will accept. More...
 
 requireLogin ( $reasonMsg='exception-nologin-text', $titleMsg='exception-nologin')
 If the user is not logged in, throws UserNotLoggedIn error. More...
 
 run ( $subPage)
 Entry point. More...
 
 setContext ( $context)
 Sets the context this SpecialPage is executed in. More...
 
 setHeaders ()
 Sets headers - this should be called from the execute() method of all derived classes! More...
 
 setLinkRenderer (LinkRenderer $linkRenderer)
 
 setListed ( $listed)
 Set whether this page is listed in Special:Specialpages, at run-time. More...
 
 userCanExecute (User $user)
 Checks if the given user (identified by an object) can execute this special page (as defined by $mRestriction). More...
 

Protected Member Functions

 alterForm (HTMLForm $form)
 Play with the HTMLForm if you need to more substantially. More...
 
 checkExecutePermissions (User $user)
 Called from execute() to check if the given user can perform this action. More...
 
 getDisplayFormat ()
 Get display format for the form. More...
 
 getForm ()
 Get the HTMLForm to control behavior. More...
 
 getFormFields ()
 Get an HTMLForm descriptor array. More...
 
 getMessagePrefix ()
 Get message prefix for HTMLForm. More...
 
 postText ()
 Add post-text to the form. More...
 
 preText ()
 Add pre-text to the form. More...
 
 setParameter ( $par)
 Maybe do something interesting with the subpage parameter. More...
 
 setReauthPostData (array $data)
 Preserve POST data across reauthentication. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from SpecialPage
 addFeedLinks ( $params)
 Adds RSS/atom links. More...
 
 afterExecute ( $subPage)
 Gets called after. More...
 
 beforeExecute ( $subPage)
 Gets called before. More...
 
 buildPrevNextNavigation ( $offset, $limit, array $query=[], $atend=false, $subpage=false)
 Generate (prev x| next x) (20|50|100...) type links for paging. More...
 
 checkLoginSecurityLevel ( $level=null)
 Verifies that the user meets the security level, possibly reauthenticating them in the process. More...
 
 getCacheTTL ()
 
 getGroupName ()
 Under which header this special page is listed in Special:SpecialPages See messages 'specialpages-group-*' for valid names This method defaults to group 'other'. More...
 
 getLoginSecurityLevel ()
 Tells if the special page does something security-sensitive and needs extra defense against a stolen account (e.g. More...
 
 getRobotPolicy ()
 Return the robot policy. More...
 
 getSubpagesForPrefixSearch ()
 Return an array of subpages that this special page will accept for prefix searches. More...
 
 prefixSearchString ( $search, $limit, $offset)
 Perform a regular substring search for prefixSearchSubpages. More...
 
 useTransactionalTimeLimit ()
 Call wfTransactionalTimeLimit() if this request was POSTed. More...
 

Protected Attributes

string null $par = null
 The sub-page of the special page. More...
 
array null $reauthPostData = null
 POST data preserved across re-authentication. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from SpecialPage
IContextSource $mContext
 Current request context. More...
 
 $mIncludable
 
 $mIncluding
 
 $mName
 
 $mRestriction
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from SpecialPage
static getSafeTitleFor ( $name, $subpage=false)
 Get a localised Title object for a page name with a possibly unvalidated subpage. More...
 
static getTitleFor ( $name, $subpage=false, $fragment='')
 Get a localised Title object for a specified special page name If you don't need a full Title object, consider using TitleValue through getTitleValueFor() below. More...
 
static getTitleValueFor ( $name, $subpage=false, $fragment='')
 Get a localised TitleValue object for a specified special page name. More...
 
- Static Protected Member Functions inherited from SpecialPage
static prefixSearchArray ( $search, $limit, array $subpages, $offset)
 Helper function for implementations of prefixSearchSubpages() that filter the values in memory (as opposed to making a query). More...
 

Detailed Description

Special page which uses an HTMLForm to handle processing.

This is mostly a clone of FormAction. More special pages should be built this way; maybe this could be a new structure for SpecialPages.

Definition at line 31 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Member Function Documentation

◆ alterForm()

◆ checkExecutePermissions()

FormSpecialPage::checkExecutePermissions ( User  $user)
protected

Called from execute() to check if the given user can perform this action.

Failures here must throw subclasses of ErrorPageError.

Parameters
User$user
Exceptions
UserBlockedError

Reimplemented in SpecialBotPasswords, SpecialBlock, SpecialChangeEmail, MediaWiki\Extension\OATHAuth\Special\DisableOATHForUser, SpecialPasswordReset, SpecialLockdb, and SpecialUnlockdb.

Definition at line 204 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

References SpecialPage\checkPermissions(), SpecialPage\checkReadOnly(), User\getBlock(), requiresUnblock(), and requiresWrite().

Referenced by execute().

◆ execute()

FormSpecialPage::execute (   $par)

Basic SpecialPage workflow: get a form, send it to the user; get some data back,.

Parameters
string | null$parSubpage string if one was specified

Reimplemented from SpecialPage.

Reimplemented in SpecialPasswordReset, SpecialBotPasswords, SpecialResetTokens, SpecialMute, SpecialChangeEmail, SpecialUserLogout, and SpecialCiteThisPage.

Definition at line 172 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

References $par, checkExecutePermissions(), SpecialPage\checkLoginSecurityLevel(), getForm(), SpecialPage\getLoginSecurityLevel(), SpecialPage\getUser(), onSuccess(), SpecialPage\setHeaders(), and setParameter().

◆ getDisplayFormat()

FormSpecialPage::getDisplayFormat ( )
protected

◆ getForm()

FormSpecialPage::getForm ( )
protected

◆ getFormFields()

◆ getMessagePrefix()

◆ onSubmit()

FormSpecialPage::onSubmit ( array  $data)
abstract

Process the form on POST submission.

Parameters
array$data
HTMLForm | null$formPhanCommentParamWithoutRealParam Many implementations don't have $form
Returns
bool|string|array|Status As documented for HTMLForm::trySubmit.

Reimplemented in SpecialResetTokens, MediaWiki\Extension\OATHAuth\Special\DisableOATHForUser, SpecialRedirect, SpecialBotPasswords, SpecialChangeContentModel, SpecialPasswordReset, SpecialPageLanguage, SpecialChangeEmail, SpecialRandomInCategory, SpecialUserLogout, SpecialLockdb, SpecialUnlockdb, and SpecialCiteThisPage.

◆ onSuccess()

FormSpecialPage::onSuccess ( )

Do something exciting on successful processing of the form, most likely to show a confirmation message.

Since
1.22 Default is to do nothing

Reimplemented in SpecialBlock, SpecialBotPasswords, SpecialRedirect, SpecialChangeContentModel, SpecialPageLanguage, SpecialPasswordReset, MediaWiki\Extension\OATHAuth\Special\DisableOATHForUser, SpecialChangeEmail, SpecialLockdb, SpecialUserLogout, SpecialMute, SpecialUnlockdb, and SpecialResetTokens.

Definition at line 164 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Referenced by execute().

◆ postText()

FormSpecialPage::postText ( )
protected

Add post-text to the form.

Returns
string HTML which will be sent to $form->addPostText()

Reimplemented in SpecialBlock, SpecialPageLanguage, and SpecialChangeContentModel.

Definition at line 62 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Referenced by getForm().

◆ preText()

FormSpecialPage::preText ( )
protected

Add pre-text to the form.

Returns
string HTML which will be sent to $form->addPreText()

Reimplemented in SpecialBlock, and SpecialPageLanguage.

Definition at line 54 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Referenced by getForm().

◆ requiresUnblock()

FormSpecialPage::requiresUnblock ( )

Whether this action cannot be executed by a blocked user.

Returns
bool

Reimplemented in SpecialRedirect, SpecialCiteThisPage, SpecialChangeEmail, SpecialUserLogout, SpecialRandomInCategory, SpecialBlock, SpecialMute, and MediaWiki\Extension\OATHAuth\Special\DisableOATHForUser.

Definition at line 231 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Referenced by checkExecutePermissions().

◆ requiresWrite()

FormSpecialPage::requiresWrite ( )

Whether this action requires the wiki not to be locked.

Returns
bool

Reimplemented in SpecialRedirect, SpecialCiteThisPage, SpecialRandomInCategory, SpecialLockdb, and SpecialUnlockdb.

Definition at line 223 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Referenced by checkExecutePermissions().

◆ setParameter()

FormSpecialPage::setParameter (   $par)
protected

Maybe do something interesting with the subpage parameter.

Parameters
string | null$par

Reimplemented in SpecialRedirect, SpecialRandomInCategory, SpecialBlock, and SpecialChangeContentModel.

Definition at line 194 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

References $par.

Referenced by execute().

◆ setReauthPostData()

FormSpecialPage::setReauthPostData ( array  $data)
protected

Preserve POST data across reauthentication.

Since
1.32
Parameters
array$data

Reimplemented from SpecialPage.

Definition at line 241 of file FormSpecialPage.php.

Member Data Documentation

◆ $par

◆ $reauthPostData

array null FormSpecialPage::$reauthPostData = null
protected

POST data preserved across re-authentication.

Since
1.32

Definition at line 42 of file FormSpecialPage.php.


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