Manual:Hooks/ArticleSave

ArticleSave
Available from version 1.4.0 Occurs whenever the software receives a request to save an article. Can be used to cancel or modify that request.
Define function:	public static function onArticleSave( &$article, &$user, &$text, &$summary, $minor, $watchthis, $sectionanchor, &$flags, &$status ) { ... }
Attach hook:	$wgHooks['ArticleSave'][] = 'MyExtensionHooks::onArticleSave';
Called from:	WikiPage.php

For more information about attaching hooks, see Manual:Hooks.
For examples of extensions using this hook, see Category:ArticleSave extensions.

Details

• $article: the article (Article object) being saved
• $user: the user (User object) saving the article
• $text: the new article text
• $summary: the edit summary
• $minor: minor edit flag
• $watchthis: watch the page if true, unwatch the page if false, do nothing if null (since 1.17.0)
• $sectionanchor: not used
• $flags: bitfield, see documentation for details
• $status: Status object, see documentation for details (since 1.14.0)

Notes

• This hook was called from Article.php prior to 1.18 (approximately).
• $status was introduced in 1.14
• $flags was introduced in 1.7
• $minor was passed by reference before 1.7
• $watch and $sectionanchor were in use before 1.7 and were passed by reference
• This hook was called from EditPage and Image before 1.6

See also

• ArticleSaveComplete