Extension:PermissionFunctions

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PermissionFunctions

Release status: beta
Implementation Parser extension
Description
Author(s) Jean-Lou Dupont
Version 1.0.0
MediaWiki 1.10, 1.11
Download SVN
See SVN ($Id: PermissionFunctions.doc.wikitext 492 2007-10-10 16:27:42Z jeanlou.dupont $)

Contents

[edit] Purpose

Provides a collection of permission management functionality.

[edit] Features

  • Magic Word 'checkPermission' : verifies if 'user' is allowed 'right' and if *not* then the page 'Permission Error' is served.
    • This function is rather useful for building 'forms'
    • Rather only helpful when used in a 'ParserPhase2' context (e.g. (($#checkpermission|edit$)) )
  • Static function 'getpermissionline'
    • Meant to be itereated with using 'ForeachFunction' magic words

[edit] Usage

E.g. check to see if the current user has the 'edit' right

  • (($#checkpermission|edit$))

[edit] Dependancies



[edit] Installation

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

[edit] LocalSettings.php

Extension:ExtensionManager: See footnote[2]

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

[edit] PEAR

PEAR is a repository of software code.

pear channel-discover mediawiki.googlecode.com/svn
  • Install extension through PEAR:
pear install mediawiki/ParserExt
  • Add the following to LocalSettings.php[2][3]:
require 'MediaWiki/ParserExt/ParserExt.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/ParserExt

[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] History

  • Added setting of contextual variable upon permission error
  • Added clearing of page's text upon permission error

[edit] History

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