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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** | Don't really redirect to the external site, just print out the url that would be redirected to. | |} == 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:ExternalSearchPlugin]] * [[Help:InterWikiSearchPlugin]] <noinclude> ---- [[PhpWikiDocumentation]] [[CategoryWikiPlugin]] </noinclude>
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