Extension:Colorize

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Colorize Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Makes text to appear more fun
Author(s)	Javier Valcarce García (javier.{NOSPAM}valcarce @gmail.com)
Latest version	0.2 (2013-04-05)
MediaWiki	1.15+
License	No license specified
Download	see code below
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The Colorize extension allows to colorize text between <colorize> and </colorize> tags to make it to appear more fun.

Installation

As usual. Copy PHP code into a file named Colorize.php and put it in your MW extensions directory then change LocalSettings.php

Changes to LocalSettings.php

• Copy the code below for Colorize.php and place the file(s) in a directory called Colorize in your extensions/ folder.

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  require_once "$IP/extensions/Colorize/Colorize.php";
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Code

<?php
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wfColorizeSetup";
$wgExtensionCredits['parserhook'][] = array(
    'name' => 'Colorize',
    'url' => 'https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Colorize',
    'author' => 'Javier Valcarce Garcia',
    'version' => '0.2',
    'description' => 'Makes text to appear more fun',
);
 
function wfColorizeSetup() {
 
    global $wgParser;
    $wgParser->setHook( "colorize", "wfColorizeRender" );
}
 
function wfColorizeRender( $input, $argv, $parser ) { 
 
    // Character styles
    $input = utf8_decode($input);
    $output = ""; //To stop the "Undefined Variable" errors in the webserver logfile
 
    for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($input); $i++)
      {
    $s = rand(0, 9) * 8 + 150;
    $w = rand(5, 9) * 100;
    $r = rand(20, 220);
    $g = rand(20, 220);
    $b = rand(20, 220);
 
    $output .= 
      '<span style="font-size: ' . strval($s) . '%; font-weight:' 
      . strval($w) . ';color: #' . dechex($r) . dechex($g) . dechex($b) 
      . ';">';
 
    $output .= $input[$i];
    $output .= '</span>';
      }
 
    return utf8_encode($output);
}