Extension:Validator/Version history

Legacy downloads
You can get older released via SVN via one of the available tags at http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/extensions/Validator/

Or you can get the distributions directly from the download page at the Google Code project for Validator. The first 2 releases are located on an alternate location and are linked below:

Validator 0.2 downloads

 * Validator0.2.zip 28.75 KB
 * Validator0.2.7z 23.63 KB

Validator 0.1 downloads

 * Validator0.1.zip 23.74 KB
 * Validator0.1.7z 19.62 KB

Validator 0.4.9
(2011-07-30)


 * Added setMessage and getMessage methods to Parameter class for better i18n.

Validator 0.4.8
(2011-07-19)


 * Added unit tests for the criteria.


 * Fixed issue with handling floats in CriterionInRange.


 * Added support for open limits in CriterionHasLength and CriterionItemCount.

Validator 0.4.7
(2011-05-15)


 * Added ParameterInput class to generate HTML inputs for parameters, based on code from SMWs Special:Ask.


 * Added "$manipulate = true" as second parameter for Parameter::setDefault, which gets passed to Parameter::setDoManipulationOfDefault.


 * Boolean manipulation now ignores values that are already a boolean.

Validator 0.4.6
(2011-03-21)


 * Removed ParamManipulationBoolstr.


 * Added method to get the allowed values to CriterionInArray.


 * Added automatic non-using of boolean manipulation when a boolean param was defaulted to a boolean value.


 * Parameter fix in ListParameter::setDefault, follow up to change in 0.4.5.

Validator 0.4.5
(2011-03-05)


 * Escaping fix in the describe parser hook.


 * Added string manipulation, applied by default on strings and chars.

Validator 0.4.4
(2011-02-16)


 * Tweaks to parser usage in the ParserHook class.


 * Fixed incorrect output of nested pre-tags in the describe parser hook.

Validator 0.4.3.1
(2011-01-20)


 * Removed underscore and space switching behaviour for tag extensions and parser functions.

Validator 0.4.3
(2011-01-11)


 * Added describe parser hook that enables automatic documentation generation of parser hooks defined via Validator.


 * Modified the ParserHook and Parameter classes to allow specifying a description message.

Validator 0.4.2
(2010-10-28)


 * Fixed compatibility with MediaWiki 1.15.x.


 * Removed the lowerCaseValue field in the Parameter class and replaced it's functionality with a ParameterManipulation.

Validator 0.4.1
(2010-10-20)


 * Made several small fixes and improvements.

Validator 0.4
(2010-10-15)

New features

 * Added ParserHook class that allows for out-of-the-box parser function and tag extension creation
 * with full Validator support.


 * Added listerrors parser hook that allows you to list all validation errors that occurred at the point it's rendered.


 * Added support for conditional parameter adding.

Refactoring
Basically everything got rewritten...


 * Added Parameter and ListParameter classes to replace parameter definitions in array form.


 * Added ParameterCriterion and ListParameterCriterion classes for better handling of parameter criteria.


 * Added ParameterManipulation and ListParameterManipulation classes for more structured formatting of parameters.


 * Added ValidationError class to better describe errors.


 * Replaced the error level enum by ValidationError::SEVERITY_ and ValidationError::ACTION_, which are linked in $egErrorActions.

Validator 0.3.6
(2010-08-26)


 * Added support for 'tolower' argument in parameter info definitions.

Validator 0.3.5
(2010-07-26)


 * Fixed issue with the original parameter name (and in some cases also value) in error messages.

Validator 0.3.4
(2010-07-07)


 * Fixed issue with parameter reference that occurred in php 5.3 and later.


 * Fixed escaping issue that caused parameter names in error messages to be shown incorrectly.


 * Fixed small issue with parameter value trimming that caused problems when objects where passed.

Validator 0.3.3
(2010-06-20)


 * Fixed bug that caused notices when using the ValidatorManager::manageParsedParameters method in some cases.

Validator 0.3.2
(2010-06-07)


 * Added lower casing to parameter names, and optionally, but default on, lower-casing for parameter values.


 * Added removal of default parameters from the default parameter queue when used as a named parameter.

Validator 0.3.1
(2010-06-04)


 * Added ValidatorManager::manageParsedParameters and Validator::setParameters.

Validator 0.3
(2010-05-31)


 * Added generic default parameter support.


 * Added parameter dependency support.


 * Added full meta data support for validation and formatting functions, enabling more advanced handling of parameters.


 * Major refactoring to conform to MediaWiki convention.

Validator 0.2.2
(2010-03-01)


 * Fixed potential xss vectors.


 * Minor code improvements.

Validator 0.2.1
(2010-02-01)


 * Changed the inclusion of the upper bound for range validation functions.


 * Small language fixes.

Validator 0.2
(2009-12-25)


 * Added handling for lists of a type, instead of having list as a type. This includes per-item-validation and per-item-defaulting.


 * Added list validation functions: item_count and unique_items


 * Added boolean, number and char types.


 * Added support for output types. The build in output types are lists, arrays, booleans and strings. Via a hook you can add your own output types.


 * Added Validator_ERRORS_MINIMAL value for $egValidatorErrorLevel.


 * Added warning message to ValidatorManager that will be shown for errors when egValidatorErrorLevel is Validator_ERRORS_WARN.


 * Added criteria support for is_boolean, has_length and regex.

Validator 0.1
(2009-12-17)


 * Initial release, featuring parameter validation, defaulting and error generation.