Extension:PhpTags/en

The PhpTags extension implements the concept of Magic expressions with PHP language syntax that allows you to create and use compatible but not monolithic MediaWiki extensions, which greatly increases the convenience, flexibility and performance. More ...

Description
The PhpTags extension has its own the runtime environment PHP code which supports scalar types, arrays, variables, operators, control structures. It also supports constants, functions and objects but it does not implement any of them except for some language constructs.

When using a function, object or constant PhpTags calls corresponding extension. Therefore, a set of constants, functions, objects and actions that they produce only depend on additionally installed compatible extensions which can be found here.

PhpTags designed so to be as similar to native PHP, therefore you should have the illusion of direct execution PHP code although this never happens.

Usage
The code should be placed between the tags and. It can be located in any namespace if it is allowed by the variable.

It will display:

 Hello world!!!

Optional installation

 * CodeMirror extension provides code highlighting in article editor

Additional installation
The PhpTags extension (core) implements magic expressions only and not, for instance, any PHP function.

For additional features such as functions, you can install additional extensions which are compatible with the magic expressions of the PhpTags extension.

The main extensions are:


 * - lets you query various data from MediaWiki core
 * - contains many functions for data processing
 * - displays the data in different ways

Others are and.