Module of static functions for generating XML. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static	attrib ( $name, $present=true)
	Internal function for use in checkboxes and radio buttons and such.

static	buildForm ( $fields, $submitLabel=null, $submitAttribs=[])
	Generate a form (without the opening form element).

static	buildTable ( $rows, $attribs=[], $headers=null)

static	buildTableRow ( $attribs, $cells)
	Build a row for a table.

static	check ( $name, $checked=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML checkbox.

static	checkLabel ( $label, $name, $id, $checked=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML checkbox with a label.

static	closeElement ( $element)
	Shortcut to close an XML element.

static	dateMenu ( $year, $month)

static	element ( $element, $attribs=null, $contents='', $allowShortTag=true)
	Format an XML element with given attributes and, optionally, text content.

static	elementClean ( $element, $attribs=[], $contents='')
	Format an XML element as with self::element(), but run text through the content language's normalize() validator first to ensure that no invalid UTF-8 is passed.

static	encodeJsCall ( $name, $args, $pretty=false)
	Create a call to a JavaScript function.

static	encodeJsVar ( $value, $pretty=false)
	Encode a variable of arbitrary type to JavaScript.

static	escapeTagsOnly ( $in)
	Replace " > and < with their respective HTML entities ( ", >, <)

static	expandAttributes (?array $attribs)
	Given an array of ('attributename' => 'value'), it generates the code to set the XML attributes : attributename="value".

static	fieldset ( $legend=false, $content=false, $attribs=[])
	Shortcut for creating fieldsets.

static	input ( $name, $size=false, $value=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML text input field.

static	inputLabel ( $label, $name, $id, $size=false, $value=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML text input field with a label.

static	inputLabelSep ( $label, $name, $id, $size=false, $value=false, $attribs=[])
	Same as Xml::inputLabel() but return input and label in an array.

static	isWellFormedXmlFragment ( $text)
	Check if a string is a well-formed XML fragment.

static	label ( $label, $id, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML form label.

static	languageSelector ( $selected, $customisedOnly=true, $inLanguage=null, $overrideAttrs=[], Message $msg=null)
	Construct a language selector appropriate for use in a form or preferences.

static	listDropDown ( $name='', $list='', $other='', $selected='', $class='', $tabindex=null)
	Build a drop-down box from a textual list.

static	listDropDownOptions ( $list, $params=[])
	Build options for a drop-down box from a textual list.

static	listDropDownOptionsOoui ( $options)
	Convert options for a drop-down box into a format accepted by OOUI\DropdownInputWidget etc.

static	monthSelector ( $selected='', $allmonths=null, $id='month')
	Create a date selector.

static	openElement ( $element, $attribs=null)
	This opens an XML element.

static	option ( $text, $value=null, $selected=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML drop-down list item.

static	password ( $name, $size=false, $value=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML password input field.

static	radio ( $name, $value, $checked=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML radio button.

static	radioLabel ( $label, $name, $value, $id, $checked=false, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML radio button with a label.

static	span ( $text, $class, $attribs=[])
	Shortcut to make a span element.

static	submitButton ( $value, $attribs=[])
	Convenience function to build an HTML submit button When $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere is true it will default to a progressive button.

static	tags ( $element, $attribs, $contents)
	Same as Xml::element(), but does not escape contents.

static	textarea ( $name, $content, $cols=40, $rows=5, $attribs=[])
	Shortcut for creating textareas.

static	wrapClass ( $text, $class, $tag='span', $attribs=[])
	Shortcut to make a specific element with a class attribute.

Detailed Description

Module of static functions for generating XML.

Definition at line 33 of file Xml.php.

Member Function Documentation

◆ attrib()

static Xml::attrib	(		$name,
			$present = true )

static

Internal function for use in checkboxes and radio buttons and such.

Parameters

string	$name
bool	$present

Returns: array

Definition at line 325 of file Xml.php.

◆ buildForm()

static Xml::buildForm	(	$fields,
		$submitLabel = null,
		$submitAttribs = [] )

static

Generate a form (without the opening form element).

Output optionally includes a submit button.

Parameters

array	$fields	Associative array, key is the name of a message that contains a description for the field, value is an HTML string containing the appropriate input.
string \| null	$submitLabel	The name of a message containing a label for the submit button.
array	$submitAttribs	The attributes to add to the submit button

Returns: string HTML form.

Definition at line 782 of file Xml.php.

References wfMessage().

◆ buildTable()

static Xml::buildTable	(	$rows,
		$attribs = [],
		$headers = null )

static

Parameters

string[][]	$rows
array \| null	$attribs	An array of attributes to apply to the table tag
array \| null	$headers	An array of strings to use as table headers

Returns: string

Definition at line 820 of file Xml.php.

References $header.

◆ buildTableRow()

static Xml::buildTableRow	(		$attribs,
			$cells )

static

Build a row for a table.

Parameters

array \| null	$attribs	An array of attributes to apply to the tr tag
string[]	$cells	An array of strings to put in

Returns: string

Definition at line 859 of file Xml.php.

◆ check()

static Xml::check	(	$name,
		$checked = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML checkbox.

Parameters

string	$name	Value of the name attribute
bool	$checked	Whether the checkbox is checked or not
array	$attribs	Array other attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 336 of file Xml.php.

◆ checkLabel()

static Xml::checkLabel	(	$label,
		$name,
		$id,
		$checked = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML checkbox with a label.

Parameters

string	$label
string	$name
string	$id
bool	$checked
array	$attribs

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 432 of file Xml.php.

◆ closeElement()

static Xml::closeElement ( $element )

static

Shortcut to close an XML element.

Parameters

string $element Element name

Returns: string

Definition at line 124 of file Xml.php.

◆ dateMenu()

static Xml::dateMenu	(		$year,
			$month )

static

Parameters

int \| string	$year	Use '' or 0 to start with no year preselected.
int \| string	$month	A month in the 1..12 range. Use '', 0 or -1 to start with no month preselected.

Returns: string Formatted HTML

Definition at line 177 of file Xml.php.

References wfMessage().

◆ element()

static Xml::element	(	$element,
		$attribs = null,
		$contents = '',
		$allowShortTag = true )

static

Format an XML element with given attributes and, optionally, text content.

Element and attribute names are assumed to be ready for literal inclusion. Strings are assumed to not contain XML-illegal characters; special characters (<, >, &) are escaped but illegals are not touched.

Parameters

string	$element	Element name
-taint	$element	tainted
array \| null	$attribs	Name=>value pairs. Values will be escaped.
-taint	$attribs	escapes_html
string \| null	$contents	Null to make an open tag only; '' for a contentless closed tag (default)
-taint	$contents	escapes_html
bool	$allowShortTag	Whether '' in $contents will result in a contentless closed tag

Returns: string; -taint escaped

Definition at line 50 of file Xml.php.

◆ elementClean()

static Xml::elementClean	(	$element,
		$attribs = [],
		$contents = '' )

static

Format an XML element as with self::element(), but run text through the content language's normalize() validator first to ensure that no invalid UTF-8 is passed.

Parameters

string	$element
array \| null	$attribs	Name=>value pairs. Values will be escaped.
string \| null	$contents	Null to make an open tag only; '' for a contentless closed tag (default)

Returns: string

Parameters

-taint	$attribs	escapes_html
-taint	$contents	escapes_html

Definition at line 97 of file Xml.php.

◆ encodeJsCall()

static Xml::encodeJsCall	(	$name,
		$args,
		$pretty = false )

static

Create a call to a JavaScript function.

The supplied arguments will be encoded using Xml::encodeJsVar().

Since: 1.17

Parameters

string	$name	The name of the function to call, or a JavaScript expression which evaluates to a function object which is called.
-taint	$name	tainted
array	$args	The arguments to pass to the function.
-taint	$args	escapes_html
bool	$pretty	If true, add non-significant whitespace to improve readability.

Returns: string|false String if successful; false upon failure; -taint none

Deprecated: since 1.41, use Html::encodeJsCall() instead

Definition at line 704 of file Xml.php.

◆ encodeJsVar()

static Xml::encodeJsVar	(		$value,
			$pretty = false )

static

Encode a variable of arbitrary type to JavaScript.

If the value is an HtmlJsCode object, pass through the object's value verbatim.

Note: Only use this function for generating JavaScript code. If generating output for a proper JSON parser, just call FormatJson::encode() directly.

Parameters

mixed	$value	The value being encoded. Can be any type except a resource.
-taint	$value	escapes_html
bool	$pretty	If true, add non-significant whitespace to improve readability.

Returns: string|false String if successful; false upon failure; -taint none

Deprecated: since 1.41, use Html::encodeJsVar() instead

Definition at line 685 of file Xml.php.

◆ escapeTagsOnly()

static Xml::escapeTagsOnly ( $in )

static

Replace " > and < with their respective HTML entities ( ", >, <)

Parameters

string $in Text that might contain HTML tags.

Returns: string Escaped string

Definition at line 764 of file Xml.php.

◆ expandAttributes()

static Xml::expandAttributes ( ?array $attribs )

static

Given an array of ('attributename' => 'value'), it generates the code to set the XML attributes : attributename="value".

The values are passed to Sanitizer::encodeAttribute. Returns null or empty string if no attributes given.

Parameters

array | null $attribs Array of attributes for an XML element

Returns: null|string

Definition at line 75 of file Xml.php.

◆ fieldset()

static Xml::fieldset	(	$legend = false,
		$content = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Shortcut for creating fieldsets.

Parameters

string \| false	$legend	Legend of the fieldset. If evaluates to false, legend is not added.
string \| false	$content	Pre-escaped content for the fieldset. If false, only open fieldset is returned.
array	$attribs	Any attributes to fieldset-element.

Returns: string

Definition at line 632 of file Xml.php.

References $content.

◆ input()

static Xml::input	(	$name,
		$size = false,
		$value = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML text input field.

Parameters

string	$name	Value of the name attribute
int \| false	$size	Value of the size attribute
string \| false	$value	Value of the value attribute
array	$attribs	Other attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 287 of file Xml.php.

◆ inputLabel()

static Xml::inputLabel	(	$label,
		$name,
		$id,
		$size = false,
		$value = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML text input field with a label.

Parameters

string	$label	Text of the label
string	$name	Value of the name attribute
string	$id	Id of the input
int \| false	$size	Value of the size attribute
string \| false	$value	Value of the value attribute
array	$attribs	Other attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 393 of file Xml.php.

◆ inputLabelSep()

static Xml::inputLabelSep	(	$label,
		$name,
		$id,
		$size = false,
		$value = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Same as Xml::inputLabel() but return input and label in an array.

Parameters

string	$label
string	$name
string	$id
int \| false	$size
string \| false	$value
array	$attribs

Returns: array

Definition at line 412 of file Xml.php.

◆ isWellFormedXmlFragment()

static Xml::isWellFormedXmlFragment ( $text )

static

Check if a string is a well-formed XML fragment.

Wraps fragment in an \<html\> bit and doctype, so it can be a fragment and can use HTML named entities.

Parameters

string $text

Returns: bool

Definition at line 747 of file Xml.php.

◆ label()

static Xml::label	(	$label,
		$id,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML form label.

Parameters

string	$label	Text of the label
string	$id
array	$attribs	An attribute array. This will usually be the same array as is passed to the corresponding input element, so this function will cherry-pick appropriate attributes to apply to the label as well; only class and title are applied.

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 371 of file Xml.php.

◆ languageSelector()

static Xml::languageSelector	(		$selected,
			$customisedOnly = true,
			$inLanguage = null,
			$overrideAttrs = [],
		Message	$msg = null )

static

Construct a language selector appropriate for use in a form or preferences.

Parameters

string	$selected	The language code of the selected language
bool	$customisedOnly	If true only languages which have some content are listed
string \| null	$inLanguage	The ISO code of the language to display the select list in
array	$overrideAttrs	Override the attributes of the select tag (since 1.20)
Message \| null	$msg	Label message key (since 1.20)

Returns: array Array containing 2 items: label HTML and select list HTML

Definition at line 214 of file Xml.php.

References wfMessage().

◆ listDropDown()

static Xml::listDropDown	(	$name = '',
		$list = '',
		$other = '',
		$selected = '',
		$class = '',
		$tabindex = null )

static

Build a drop-down box from a textual list.

This is a wrapper for Xml::listDropDownOptions() plus the XmlSelect class.

Parameters

string	$name	Name and id for the drop-down
string	$list	Correctly formatted text (newline delimited) to be used to generate the options.
string	$other	Text for the "Other reasons" option
string	$selected	Option which should be pre-selected
string	$class	CSS classes for the drop-down
int \| null	$tabindex	Value of the tabindex attribute

Returns: string

Definition at line 523 of file Xml.php.

◆ listDropDownOptions()

static Xml::listDropDownOptions	(		$list,
			$params = [] )

static

Build options for a drop-down box from a textual list.

The result of this function can be passed to XmlSelect::addOptions() (to render a plain <select> dropdown box) or to Xml::listDropDownOptionsOoui() and then OOUI\DropdownInputWidget() (to render a pretty one).

Parameters

string	$list	Correctly formatted text (newline delimited) to be used to generate the options.
array	$params	Extra parameters: string $params['other'] If set, add an option with this as text and a value of 'other'

Returns: array Array keys are textual labels, values are internal values

Definition at line 554 of file Xml.php.

◆ listDropDownOptionsOoui()

static Xml::listDropDownOptionsOoui ( $options )

static

Convert options for a drop-down box into a format accepted by OOUI\DropdownInputWidget etc.

TODO Find a better home for this function.

Parameters

array $options Options, as returned e.g. by Xml::listDropDownOptions()

Returns: array

Definition at line 604 of file Xml.php.

◆ monthSelector()

static Xml::monthSelector	(	$selected = '',
		$allmonths = null,
		$id = 'month' )

static

Create a date selector.

Parameters

string \| null	$selected	The month which should be selected, default ''.
string \| null	$allmonths	Value of a special item denoting all month. Null to not include (default).
string	$id	Element identifier

Returns: string Html string containing the month selector

Definition at line 154 of file Xml.php.

References $wgLang, and wfMessage().

◆ openElement()

static Xml::openElement	(		$element,
			$attribs = null )

static

This opens an XML element.

Parameters

string	$element	Name of the element
array \| null	$attribs	Array of attributes, see Xml::expandAttributes()

Returns: string

Definition at line 115 of file Xml.php.

◆ option()

static Xml::option	(	$text,
		$value = null,
		$selected = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML drop-down list item.

Parameters

string	$text	Text for this item. Will be HTML escaped
string \| null	$value	Form submission value; if empty, use text
bool	$selected	If true, will be the default selected item
array	$attribs	Optional additional HTML attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 499 of file Xml.php.

◆ password()

static Xml::password	(	$name,
		$size = false,
		$value = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML password input field.

Parameters

string	$name	Value of the name attribute
int \| false	$size	Value of the size attribute
string \| false	$value	Value of the value attribute
array	$attribs	Other attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 310 of file Xml.php.

◆ radio()

static Xml::radio	(	$name,
		$value,
		$checked = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML radio button.

Parameters

string	$name	Value of the name attribute
string	$value	Value of the value attribute
bool	$checked	Whether the checkbox is checked or not
array	$attribs	Other attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 354 of file Xml.php.

◆ radioLabel()

static Xml::radioLabel	(	$label,
		$name,
		$value,
		$id,
		$checked = false,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML radio button with a label.

Parameters

string	$label
string	$name
string	$value
string	$id
bool	$checked
array	$attribs

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 458 of file Xml.php.

◆ span()

static Xml::span	(	$text,
		$class,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Shortcut to make a span element.

Parameters

string	$text	Content of the element, will be escaped
string	$class	Class name of the span element
array	$attribs	Other attributes

Returns: string

Definition at line 263 of file Xml.php.

◆ submitButton()

static Xml::submitButton	(		$value,
			$attribs = [] )

static

Convenience function to build an HTML submit button When $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere is true it will default to a progressive button.

Parameters

string	$value	Label text for the button (unescaped)
array	$attribs	Optional custom attributes

Returns: string HTML

Definition at line 473 of file Xml.php.

◆ tags()

static Xml::tags	(	$element,
		$attribs,
		$contents )

static

Same as Xml::element(), but does not escape contents.

Handy when the content you have is already valid xml.

Parameters

string	$element	Element name
-taint	$element	tainted
array \| null	$attribs	Array of attributes
-taint	$attribs	escapes_html
string	$contents	Content of the element
-taint	$contents	tainted

Returns: string; -taint escaped

Definition at line 141 of file Xml.php.

◆ textarea()

static Xml::textarea	(	$name,
		$content,
		$cols = 40,
		$rows = 5,
		$attribs = [] )

static

Shortcut for creating textareas.

Parameters

string	$name	The 'name' for the textarea
string	$content	Content for the textarea
int	$cols	The number of columns for the textarea
int	$rows	The number of rows for the textarea
array	$attribs	Any other attributes for the textarea

Returns: string

Definition at line 658 of file Xml.php.

References $content.

◆ wrapClass()

static Xml::wrapClass	(	$text,
		$class,
		$tag = 'span',
		$attribs = [] )

static

Shortcut to make a specific element with a class attribute.

Parameters

string	$text	Content of the element, will be escaped
string	$class	Class name of the span element
string	$tag	Element name
array	$attribs	Other attributes

Returns: string

Definition at line 275 of file Xml.php.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

includes/xml/Xml.php

Static Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ attrib()

◆ buildForm()

◆ buildTable()

◆ buildTableRow()

◆ check()

◆ checkLabel()

◆ closeElement()

◆ dateMenu()

◆ element()

◆ elementClean()

◆ encodeJsCall()

◆ encodeJsVar()

◆ escapeTagsOnly()

◆ expandAttributes()

◆ fieldset()

◆ input()

◆ inputLabel()

◆ inputLabelSep()

◆ isWellFormedXmlFragment()

◆ label()

◆ languageSelector()

◆ listDropDown()

◆ listDropDownOptions()

◆ listDropDownOptionsOoui()

◆ monthSelector()

◆ openElement()

◆ option()

◆ password()

◆ radio()

◆ radioLabel()

◆ span()

◆ submitButton()

◆ tags()

◆ textarea()

◆ wrapClass()