Manual:Linker.php

MediaWiki file: Linker.php
Location:	includes/
Source code:	master • 1.32.0 • 1.31.1
Classes:	Linker

Details

Linker.php splits off some of the internal bits from Skin.php . Linker's functions are used primarily for page content: links, embedded images, table of contents. Links are also used in the skin. For the moment, Skin is a descendent class of Linker. In the future, it should probably be further split so that every other bit of the wiki doesn't have to go loading up Skin to get at it. Linker contains methods to create internal, external or image links and implements page existence detection. To use this class, use $wgUser->getSkin().

Hooks

Hooks called from this file are listed in the MediaWiki hooks included in Linker.php category. They include:

Version	Hook	Description
(deprecated in 1.14.0)	BrokenLink	Don't use this; use LinkBegin or LinkEnd instead.
1.14.0	DoEditSectionLink	Override the HTML generated for section edit links.
(deprecated in 1.14.0)	EditSectionLink	Don't use this; use DoEditSectionLink instead.
(deprecated in 1.14.0)	EditSectionLinkForOther	Don't use this; use DoEditSectionLink instead.
1.13.0	ImageBeforeProduceHTML	Called before producing the HTML created by a wiki image insertion
1.14.0	LinkBegin	Used when generating internal and interwiki links in Linker::link(), before processing starts.
1.14.0	LinkEnd	Used when generating internal and interwiki links in Linker::link(), just before the function returns a value.
1.13.0	LinkerMakeExternalImage	Called before the HTML for external images is returned, used for modifying external image HTML
1.13.0	LinkerMakeExternalLink	Called before the HTML for external links is returned, used for modifying external link HTML
1.24.0	SelfLinkBegin	Called when rendering a self link.

See also

• Manual:Code
• Manual:Coding conventions