Extension:ExtensionManager

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ExtensionManager

Release status: beta
Implementation Parser extension
Description Provides a means of easily installing 'extensions' to MediaWiki.
Author(s) Jean-Lou Dupont
Version 2.0.1
MediaWiki 1.10, 1.11, 1.12
Download see installation section or use SVN
See SVN ($Id: ExtensionManager.doc.wikitext 552 2007-10-13 23:26:26Z jeanlou.dupont $)

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

Contents

[edit] Dependency

  • [optional] PEAR::Validate



[edit] Installation

See the Mediawiki Extension table entry "download" above.[1]

[edit] LocalSettings.php

Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote[2]

require_once( "$IP/extensions/ExtensionManager/ExtensionManager.php" );

[edit] PEAR

PEAR is a repository of software code.

pear channel-discover mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn
  • Install extension through PEAR:
pear install mediawiki/ExtensionManager
  • Add the following to LocalSettings.php[2][3]:
require 'MediaWiki/ExtensionManager/ExtensionManager.php';
  • Note that the required version of PEAR must be respected. Currently, the minimum version of PEAR usable with this channel is v1.6.2. Perform the following command to upgrade to the latest version of PEAR:
pear upgrade pear

[edit] Upgrades through PEAR

Sometimes, it is necessary to clear PEAR's cache in order to perform upgrades.

pear clear-cache

or use the force method:

pear upgrade --force mediawiki/ExtensionManager

[edit] PEAR Web Frontend

For 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 kept up-to-date with this channel, use the following RSS feedImage:Rss2.jpg.

[edit] Notes

[edit] Sandbox

You are invited in the author's sandbox to try-out some of his extensions.

[edit] Other Extensions From the same author

Consult User Jldupont's page.

  1. ↑ The most recent release is always available through the extension's PEAR and SVN repositories. This page is not necessarily up-to-date.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Modifications to LocalSettings.php is 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
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
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