Help/TemplatePlugin

The Template plugin allows to include text from a wiki page and replace certain placeholders by parameters.

A template can be seen as a parametrized block. It is similiar to CreatePage with the template argument, but at run-time.

There are two syntaxes to call a template, the usual Phpwiki syntax for plugins, and a more concise syntax similar to Mediawiki templates.

Usage

Without parameters

Plugin syntax:

<<Template page=Footer>>

Short syntax:

{{Footer}}

With parameters

Plugin syntax:

<<Template page=Film vars="title=SomeFilm&year=1999">>

Short syntax:

{{Film|title=SomeFilm|year=1999}}

With a specific revision of the page

Plugin syntax:

<<Template page=somepage rev=5>>

Short syntax:

{{somepage?version=5}}

Arguments

Argument

Description

Default value

page

pagename to be included as template

None (required argument)

vars

optional parameters to be expanded inside the template

(empty)

rev

page revision

most recent revision

section

just include a named section

(empty)

sectionhead

when including a named section show the heading

(empty)

Page to include

If "Template:$page" exists, it is used.

Else, if "Template/$page" exists, it is used.

Else "$page" is used.

This allows compatibility with Mediawiki that puts templates in the "Template:" namespace.

Parameter expansion

We only support named parameters, not numbered ones as in Mediawiki, and the placeholder is %%var%% and not {{{var}}} as in Mediawiki.

vars="var1=value1&var2=value2"

The following predefined variables are automatically expanded if existing:

Variable

Description

pagename

mtime

last modified date + time

ctime

creation date + time

author

last author

owner

creator

first author

SERVER_URL

DATA_PATH

SCRIPT_NAME

PHPWIKI_BASE_URL

BASE_URL

Inclusion

<noinclude> .. </noinclude> is stripped.

<includeonly> .. </includeonly> is only expanded in pages using the template, not in the template itself.