Extension:LastFm

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LastFm Release status: unknown
Implementation	Tag
Description	Adds Last.fm player to a page with the <lastfm> tag.
Author(s)	Guy Taylor
Last version	0.2
License	No license specified
Download	see below
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<?php
/**
 * LastFm extension for MediaWiki
 *
 * @author Guy Taylor
 * @copyright © Guy Taylor
 * @version 0.2
 * @link http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LastFm
 */
 
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = 'wfLastFm';
 
// Extension credits that show up on Special:Version
$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
        'name' => 'LastFm',
        'author' => 'Guy Taylor',
        'version' => '0.2',
        'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LastFm',
        'description' => 'Adds Last.fm player to a page with the <tt>&lt;lastfm&gt;</tt> tag.'
);
 
function wfLastFm() {
    global $wgParser;
    $wgParser->setHook( 'lastfm', 'renderLastFm' );
}
 
# The callback function for converting the input text to HTML output
function renderLastFm( $input ) {
    $output = "<!-- Last.fm http://www.last.fm/ -->";
    $output = "<a href=\"http://www.last.fm/user/";
    $output .= htmlspecialchars($input);
    $output .= "/?chartstyle=tracks\">";
    $output .= "<img src=\"http://imagegen.last.fm/tracks/artists/";
    $output .= htmlspecialchars($input);
    $output .= ".gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"";
    $output .= htmlspecialchars($input);
    $output .= "'s Last.fm Weekly Artists Chart\" /></a>";
 
    return $output;
}

Installation

1. Copy the code into a file (e.g. LastFm.php) case matters
2. Save the file in the extensions directory of your MediaWiki folder
3. Add the line require_once('extensions/LastFm.php'); to the your LocalSettings.php file
4. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki

Usage

Now you can use the extension with <lastfm>Last.fm-Username</lastfm> in the wiki