Extension:CorrectMainPageTitle

MediaWiki extensions manual

CorrectMainPageTitle Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	User interface
Description	Corrects the main page HTML title.
Author(s)	VittGamtalk
Latest version	1.1 (2010-10-14)
MediaWiki	Tested on 1.16.0
PHP	Tested on 5.3.3
MediaWiki 1.36	Not formally tested
MediaWiki 1.34	Not formally tested
MediaWiki 1.32	Not formally tested
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	See below
Hooks used MediaWikiPerformAction
Check usage and version matrix.

This extension puts the correct HTML title in the main page, like in Wikimedia wikis.

Download instructions

Please copy and paste the code found below and place it in $IP/extensions/CorrectMainPageTitle.php. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

require_once("$IP/extensions/CorrectMainPageTitle.php");

Changelog

• Version 1.1, 2010-10-14
  • Fixed the PHP error "Object of class Title could not be converted to int"; thanks to User:朝彦 (see Extension talk:CorrectMainPageTitle)

• Version 1.0, 2010-08-27
  • First release

Code

<?php
# CorrectMainPageTitle v1.1
# Copyright (C) 2010 VittGam (www.VittGam.net)
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
if (!defined('MEDIAWIKI')) {die('Not a valid entry point.');}
$wgExtensionCredits['other'][]=array(
	'name'=>'CorrectMainPageTitle',
	'author'=>'[http://www.VittGam.net/ VittGam]',
	'version'=>'1.1',
	'url'=>'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CorrectMainPageTitle',
	'description'=>'Corrects the main page HTML title.'
);
$wgHooks['MediaWikiPerformAction'][]='CorrectMainPageTitle';
function CorrectMainPageTitle($output,$article,$title,$user,$request,$wiki) {
	if (in_array(strtolower($request->getText('action')),array('','view','print','submit','purge')) && $title->getText()==wfMsg('mainpage')) {
		$output->setHTMLTitle(wfMsg('pagetitle-view-mainpage'));
	}
	return true;
}