Thread:Project:Support desk/External URL links do not work/reply (6)

OK - I did the following: My $wgUrlProtocols wasn't an array in my LocalSettings.php (carry-over from 1.16). So I made an array out of it. Now it seems to work.

Only question remaining is: Why did it work in MediaWiki 1.16 ??? I can't find a function which turns a string into an array in 1.16.