Extension:ExtensionManager
 Release status: beta |
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| Implementation | Parser extension |
| Description | Provides a means of easily installing 'extensions' to MediaWiki. |
| Author(s) | Jean-Lou Dupont |
| Last version | 2.0.1 |
| MediaWiki | 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 |
| License | No license specified |
| Download | see installation section or use SVN See SVN ($Id: ExtensionManager.doc.wikitext 552 2007-10-13 23:26:26Z jeanlou.dupont $) |
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Check usage (experimental) |
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The name is confusing and misleading. This is NOT an essential extension for wikis, it only makes it easier to install other extensions by Jean-Lou Dupont.
ExtensionManager provides a means of easily installing 'extensions' to MediaWiki. Once installed, other extensions retrieved through Jean-Lou Dupont's PEAR channel do not have to be explicitly added to LocalSettings.php
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[edit] Dependency
- [optional] PEAR::Validate
[edit] Installation
See the Mediawiki Extension table entry "download" above.[1]
[edit] LocalSettings.php
Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote[2]
- Add the following to LocalSettings.php, if the extension was downloaded from Jean-Lou Dupont's MediaWiki SVN directory (link in the download entry of the table above)[2]:
require_once( "$IP/extensions/ExtensionManager/ExtensionManager.php" );
- Since this Extensions is depending on StubManager, add the line after the StubManager include, or else your Wiki won't work.
[edit] PEARPEAR is a repository of PHP software code.
require 'MediaWiki/ExtensionManager/ExtensionManager.php';
[edit] Upgrades through PEARSometimes, it is necessary to clear PEAR's cache in order to perform upgrades.
or use the force method:
[edit] PEAR Web FrontendFor easier remote package management, PEAR Frontend WEB can be installed. Installation notes can be found here. An example of the WEB frontend is available here. |
[edit] RSS feed
To keep up-to-date with this channel, use the following RSS feed__
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[edit] Notes
[edit] Other Extensions From the same author
Consult User Jldupont's page.
- ↑ The most recent release is always available through the extension's PEAR and SVN repositories. This page is not necessarily up-to-date.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Extension:ExtensionManager does not require any modification to LocalSettings.php because ExtensionManager includes the extension.
Note that if PHP code caching is in place (e.g. APC, eAccelerator), then to successfully complete the installation a cache flush might be needed. - ↑ Modifications to
LocalSettings.phpis only necessary if not using Extension:ExtensionManager
[edit] Additional Installation Notes
Make sure that this extension is listed first (and after Extension:StubManager if the latter is required) in LocalSettings.php in order to ensure that extensions dependent on this one work correctly.
[edit] Functional Notes
- Use real caching e.g. PHP/pecl APC
- Else, the extension directories will be rescanned on each request (i.e. much slower)
[edit] For Extension Developers
An example file Example.php is made available in the installation tarball / PEAR package.
[edit] History
| Release | Notes |
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| 1.1.0 | Enhancement to help extensions which rely on being 'required' in the global scope. |
| 1.1.1 | Added 'clearstatcache' to help with PHP file status caching issue |
| 2.0.0 | Revamped version: defines a base class for easier extension development, helper class for parameter list processing, no more dependency on Extension:StubManager |
