Extension:Include

Description
This extension lets you include external static text content from the following sources:


 * local file system
 * a remote URL
 * SVN, using "svn cat"

If the external text is source code then it can be optionally colorized with syntax highlighting by specifying the highlight="SYNTAX" attribute. Where "SYNTAX" may be any of the following values: CPP, CSS, diff, DTD, HTML, Java, Javascript, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, XML.

By default the included text is automatically wrapped in a &lt;pre&gt;&lt;/pre&gt; tag block. This can be turned off if you want to include raw text or raw HTML by specifying the nopre attribute. You may want to combine this with the noescape attribute described below.

By default all HTML entities are escaped (for example &amp; becomes &amp;amp;). This can be turned off by specifying the noesc attribute.

You can optionally add the svncat attribute which tells the extension to use "svn cat" to include the file from an SVN repository. In this case the "src" argument will be passed directly to SVN, so src="URL" may be any URL that SVN understand (file:///, svn+ssh://, webdav://, http://). This is very handy for documenting source code.

Note that syntax coloring requires the Pear Text_Highlighter module. The extension will still run without Text_Highlighter, but the highlight attribute will be disabled. If you try to use highlight without installing Text_Highlighter include will return an error message.

Installation
Put this script on your server in your MediaWiki extensions directory: where $IP is the install path of your MediaWiki. Then add this line to LocalSettings.php:

Example Usage in a wikipage
This would include plain text from the given src URL.  The previous example would be rendered in MediaWiki something like this: Network Working Group                                    T. Berners-Lee Request for Comments: 1945                                      MIT/LCS Category: Informational                                     R. Fielding UC Irvine H. Frystyk MIT/LCS May 1996

Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0

Status of This Memo

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of  this memo is unlimited.

IESG Note:

The IESG has concerns about this protocol, and expects this document to be replaced relatively soon by a standards track document.

Abstract

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. It is a generic, stateless, object-oriented protocol which can be used for many tasks, such as name servers and distributed object management systems, through extension of its request methods (commands). A feature of  HTTP is the typing of data representation, allowing systems to be   built independently of the data being transferred.

HTTP has been in use by the World-Wide Web global information initiative since 1990. This specification reflects common usage of  the protocol referred to as "HTTP/1.0".

The following example includes the contents of a PHP script. The src points to a local file system path. This could be useful for documenting the script in a wiki. The advantage here is that you could include the script that is actually being used. 

Since you are including PHP source code for display you could also turn on syntax highlighting for PHP. 

Download Source Code
The latest copy of the source code can always be downloaded from here: www.noah.org

The script from the above source will always be the latest copy. If that is not available you can copy the script from below: * * ATTRIBUTES * *     The tag must always include at least have a 'src' attribute. * *     src="[URL]" *         You must include 'src' to specify the URL of the file to import. *         This may be the URL to a remote file or it may be a *          local file system path. * *     noesc *         By default will escape all HTML entities in *          the included text. You may turn this off by adding *         the 'noesc' attribute. It does not take any value. * *     nopre *         By default will add  tags around *         the included text. You may turn this off by adding *         the 'nopre' attribute. It does not take any value. * *     svncat *         This is used for including files from svn repositories. *         This will tell include to use "svn cat" to read the file. *         The src URL is passed directly to svn, so it can be any *         URL that svn understands. * *     highlight="[SYNTAX]" *         You may colorize the text of any file that you import. *         The value of SYNTAX must be one of the following: * *             CPP *             CSS *             diff *             DTD *             HTML *             Java *             Javascript *             MySQL *             Perl *             PHP *             Python *             Ruby *             SQL *             XML * *     csshref="[URL]" *         If you set 'highlight' then by default it includes an inline CSS. *         You may override this and link to the style sheet of your choice. *         Set "URL" to point to the CSS you want to use. * * EXAMPLES * *     Include a file from the local file system: *          *     Include a remote file: *          *     Include a local fragment of HTML: *          *     Include a local file with syntax highlighting: *          * * DEPENDENCIES * *     For highlight support you will need to install PEAR Text_Highlighter. *     For example: *         pear install --alldeps http://download.pear.php.net/package/Text_Highlighter-0.6.9.tgz * * AUTHOR * *     Noah Spurrier  * * @package extensions * @version 3 * @copyright Copyright 2007 * @author Noah Spurrier * @license public domain -- free of any licenses and restrictions * * $Id: include.php 5 2007-07-28 06:10:11Z www $ * vi:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab:ft=php: */ // We want highlighting, but it isn't required. // Set a flag to show if it's available or not. include 'Text/Highlighter.php'; if (class_exists('Text_Highlighter')) {   $highlighter_package = True; } else {   $highlighter_package = False; } $wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wf_include"; $wgExtensionCredits['other'][] = array (   'name' => 'include',    'author' => 'Noah Spurrier',    'url' => 'http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:include',    'description' => 'This lets you include static content from the local file system; a remote URL; or SVN.', ); function wf_include {   global $wgParser; $wgParser->setHook( "include", "render_include" ); } $inline_css=' .hl-default {color:Black;} .hl-code {color:Gray;} .hl-brackets {color:Olive;} .hl-comment {color:Orange;} .hl-quotes {color:Darkred;} .hl-string {color:Red;} .hl-identifier {color:Blue;} .hl-builtin {color:Teal;} .hl-reserved {color:Green;} .hl-inlinedoc {color:Blue;} .hl-var {color:Darkblue;} .hl-url {color:Blue;} .hl-special {color:Navy;} .hl-number {color:Maroon;} .hl-inlinetags {color:Blue;} .hl-main {background-color:White;} .hl-gutter {background-color:#999999; color:White} .hl-table {font-family:courier; font-size:12px; border:solid 1px Lightgrey;} '; /** * render_include * * This is called automatically by the MediaWiki parser extension system. * This does the work of loading a file and returning the text content. * $argv is an associative array of arguments passed in the tag as * attributes. * * @param mixed $input unused * @param mixed $argv associative array * @param mixed $parser unused * @access public * @return string */ function render_include ( $input, $argv, &$parser ) {   global $inline_css, $highlighter_package; if (!isset($argv['src'])) return "ERROR: tag is missing 'src' attribute."; // You can add this to restrict contents to a given path or DOCUMENT_ROOT: //   if (is_file(realpath($argv['src'])) && strlen(strstr(realpath($argv['src']), realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']))) <= 0) //       return "ERROR: src to local path is not under DOCUMENT_ROOT."; // Or you could use this to disallow local files altogether: //   if (is_file(realpath($argv['src']))) //       return "ERROR: Local files are not allowed."; // You can use similar tricks to restrict the src url. // I was thinking about an iframe extension... //   if (isset($argv['iframe'])) //       return ' "';    if (isset($argv['svncat']))    {        exec ("svn cat " . $argv['src'], $output, $return_var);        if ($return_var != 0)            return "ERROR: could not read the given src URL using 'svn cat'.";        $output = join("\n", $output);    }    else    {        $output=file_get_contents($argv['src']);        if ($output === False)            return "ERROR: could not read the given src URL.";    }    if (isset($argv['highlight']))    {        if ($highlighter_package === False)        {            return "ERROR: Text_Highlighter is not installed. You can't use 'highlight'.";       }        $hl =& Text_Highlighter::factory($argv['highlight']);        $output = $hl->highlight($output);        if (isset($argv['csshref']))        {            $output = '' . "\n". $output;       }        else        {            $output = $inline_css . $output;        }        return $output;    }    if ( ! isset($argv['noesc']))        $output = htmlentities( $output );    if ( ! isset($argv['nopre']))        $output = " " . $output . " ";    return $output; } ?>