Extension:GitHub

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gitHub Release status: beta
Implementation	Tag
Description	add github gists into your articles easily
Author(s)	Adam Meyer (noverflowTalk)
Last version	.01
MediaWiki	1.14 (tested)
License	MIT
Download	No link
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Check usage (experimental)

What can this extension do?

add github gists into your articles easily using <github gist="123456"/>

Usage

<github gist="123456"/>

Download instructions

Please cut and paste the code found below and place it in $IP/extensions/github/github.php. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

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

User rights

Nothing promised. Took me 2min to make. Do with it as you would like.

Code

<?php
if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
        echo( "This file is part of an extension to the MediaWiki software and cannot be used standalone.\n" );
        die( 1 );
}
 
$wgExtensionCredits['other'][] = array(
        'name'=>'gitList tag',
        'author'=>'Adam Meyer',
        'description'=>'add github gists into your articles easily using &lt;github gist=&quot;123456&quot;/&gt;',
        'version'=>'0.1'
);
 
if ( defined( 'MW_SUPPORTS_PARSERFIRSTCALLINIT' ) ) {
        $wgHooks['ParserFirstCallInit'][] = 'efGitHub';
} else {
        $wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'efGitHub';
}
 
function efGitHub() {
        global $wgParser;
        $wgParser->setHook( 'github', 'efGitHubRender' );
        return true;
}
 
function efGitHubRender( $input, $args, $parser ) {
        $attr = array();    
        // This time, make a list of attributes and their values,
        // and dump them, along with the user input
        foreach( $args as $name => $value ) {
                if ( $name == 'gist' ) {
                        $num = $value;
                }
        } 
        return '<script src="http://gist.github.com/'.$num.'.js"></script>';
}