Extension:ShortLinks

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ShortLinks Release status: stable
Implementation	Parser extension
Description	Makes all URLs on the wiki short URLs.
Author(s)	Zachary Sheetstalk
Last version	1.0 (2011-08-09)
MediaWiki	1.6+
PHP	4.0.4+
License	Free
Download	See below
Hooks used GetLocalURL GetInternalURL
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What can this extension do?

This extension will make all internal links conform to the same style when using Short URLs. Without this or a similar solution, "action" links such as edit and history continue to use the long format. This will catch those links and convert them to their short forms.

Usage

This extension uses the $wgScript and $wgArticlePath variables from LocalSettings.php. These should already be set if your wiki is using the Short URLs setup.

Download instructions

Please copy and paste the code found below and place it in $IP/extensions/ShortLinks/ShortLinks.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/ShortLinks/ShortLinks.php");

Code

<?php
if (!defined('MEDIAWIKI')) {
    echo "This is an extension to the MediaWiki package and cannot be run standalone.\n";
    exit(-1);
}
 
// Extension credits that will show up on Special:Version
$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
    'path'           => __FILE__,
    'name'           => 'Short Links',
    'version'        => '1.0',
    'author'         => 'Zachary Sheets',
    'url'            => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortLinks',
    'description'    => 'Makes all URLs on the wiki short URLs.'
);
 
$wgHooks['GetLocalURL'][] = 'fnShortLinks';
$wgHooks['GetInternalURL'][] = 'fnShortLinks';
function fnShortLinks($title, $url, $query) {
    global $wgScript, $wgArticlePath;
    if (strpos($url, $wgScript.'?') !== false) {
        $url = preg_replace(':'.str_replace('.', '\.', $wgScript).'\?title=([^&]+)(&(.*))?:', str_replace('$1', '', $wgArticlePath)."$1?$3", $url);
    }
    return true;
}