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The **~ExternalSearch** [[Help:WikiPlugin|plugin]] creates a form to query [[Help:InterWiki|InterWikis]] or other internet sites.

== Usage ==

{{{
<<ExternalSearch
         url="InterWiki or URL"
         name="button text"
>>
}}}

== Arguments ==

{| class="bordered"
|-
! Argument
! Description
! Default value
|-
| **url**
| Specify a wiki from the [[InterWikiMap]] or a URL. Any text entered by
the user will be appended to the search URL. The string placeholder
'##**%s**##' can be used to insert a search query into the URL rather
than appending it.
|
|-
| **name**
| Text to display in the submit button.
| For ~InterWiki sites the default is the wiki name, for other URLs the default is the text “External Search”.
|-
| **formsize**
| Specify the input area size.
| 30 characters
|-
| **debug**
| Boolean. If true, don't really redirect to the external site, just print out the URL that would be redirected to.
| false
|}

== Examples ==

{{{
  url="http://sunir.org/apps/meta.pl?"       name="Metawiki Search"
  url="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?" name="MeatBall Search"
  url=php-lookup
  url=php-function
  url=PhpWiki
}}}

Perform a full-text search on multiple wiki's:
<<ExternalSearch url="http://sunir.org/apps/meta.pl?" name="Metawiki Search">>

Perform a full-text search on [[MeatBall:SiteSearch|MeatBall]] wiki:
<<ExternalSearch url="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?" name="MeatBall Search">>

Search the PHP web site for a function name:
<<ExternalSearch url=php-lookup name="PHP Lookup">>

Enter the name of a PHP function to view the documentation page:
<<ExternalSearch url=php-function>>

Enter any existing page name on ~PhpWiki to jump to that page:
<<ExternalSearch url=PhpWiki>>

== See Also ==
* [[Help:TitleSearchPlugin]]
* [[Help:FullTextSearchPlugin]]
* [[Help:InterWikiSearchPlugin]]
* [[Help:LinkSearchPlugin]]
* [[Help:SemanticSearchPlugin]]

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