Jan at Bytesmiths
Nov 20, 2009, 8:52 AM
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On 19 Nov 09, at 16:50, Jan Steinman wrote:
> On 19 Nov 09, at 13:34, mediawiki-l-request [at] lists wrote:
>
>> From: Platonides <Platonides [at] gmail>
>>
>> Jan Steinman wrote:
>>>> From: "K. Peachey" <p858snake [at] yahoo>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Jan Steinman <Jan [at] bytesmiths>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Are you using any sort of cahceing, because that would just plain
>>>> break it?
>>>
>>> No caching that I'm aware of beyond what MW does.
>>>
>>>
>>> :::: The Earth isn't a pizza. You can't dial up and have one
>>> delivered! -- Alf ::::
>>> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.EcoReality.org> ::::
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>> $wgUser->isLoggedIn() / $wgUser->getId()
>>
>> Default mediawiki caching will give you problems. You need to disable
>> page caching on at least the pages which use your tag, by using
>> $parser->disableCache()
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extensions_FAQ#Recent_versions
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>
> Thanks, Platonides.
>
> I do understand how to get the user from within PHP; I was hoping to
> get it from within wikitext.
>
> I suppose I could write an extension that does nothing but answer
> the current user and their ID...
Thanks again, and I found a perfect place to put this stuff so I don't
have to cobble up an extension from scratch.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Variables
This extension is pretty cool. It will basically let you define new
"magic words" as needed from anything that is available in the PHP
environment.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words
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:::: Jan Steinman http://www.VeggieVanGogh.com ::::
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