Collaborative programming with MediaWiki

2008-07-21
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This was an aborted project to look into leveraging ways to use MediaWiki by outside influences.



What follows is the complete contents of the MediaWiki page I had. I don’t know if I performed some magic therein, so I’m leaving it as-is without interpretation or editing.

= PCLinuxOS MediaWiki collaborative programming =

== notes ==

... crap, I can't find my proper notes on how I set up the crontab to do the updating.  oh well

== the wiki page ==

<?php
/*
* [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} view/edit the source]
* [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=raw}} download the source code]
* [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|View discussion and bug reports]]
** [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit&section=new}} file a bug report or request]

<pre>
*/

/*=========================================================================
 * This is a very badly-coded 'search and replace' script created to help
 * convert WikkaWiki syntax to MediaWiki syntax.
 *
 * Freeware
 * ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
 *=======================================================================*/

//=========================================================================
// Initialise variables
//=========================================================================
// Change $build as you update, unless $build is 9, then change $version
$version = "0.3";
$build = "6";
//=========================================================================
// Disclaimer from JMan
// Added as a variable so I can use it more than once

$disclaimer = "<b>include</b> &quot;<span style='color:#ff0000'>disclaimer.inc</span>&quot;<br>
ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.<br><br>
Be sure to <u>preview</u> your text before posting it into the wiki.

<br><br>

<big>Outstanding problems</big>

<ul>
<li>Muck up links even more than before,</li>
<li>won't convert anchors,</li>
<li>break image tags.</li>
</ul>

Apologies for this in advance, I know it can be fixed but I'm unsure how to do it.";

//=========================================================================
// FROM WIKKAWAKKA SOURCE CODE, (GPLV2?)
function fncLink($tag, $method='', $text='', $track=TRUE, $escapeText=TRUE, $title='') {
	if (!$text) $text = $tag;
	// escape text?
	if ($escapeText) $text = htmlspecialchars($text);
	$tag = htmlspecialchars($tag); #142 & #148
	$method = htmlspecialchars($method);
	$title_attr = $title ? ' title="'.htmlspecialchars($title).'"' : '';
	$url = '';

	// is this an interwiki link?
	if (preg_match("/^([A-ZÄÖÜ][A-Za-zÄÖÜßäöü]+)[:](\S*)$/", $tag, $matches))	# before the : should be a WikiName; anything after can be (nearly) anything that's allowed in a URL
	{
		$url = $matches[1].$matches[2]; //GetInterWikiUrl($matches[1], $matches[2]);
	}
	elseif (preg_match("/^(http|https|ftp):\/\/([^\\s\"<>]+)$/", $tag))
	{
		$url = $tag; // this is a valid external URL
	}
	// is this a full link? ie, does it contain alpha-numeric characters?
	elseif (preg_match("/[^[:alnum:],ÄÖÜ,ßäöü]/", $tag))
	{
		// check for email addresses
		if (preg_match("/^.+\@.+$/", $tag))
		{
			$url = "mailto:".$tag;
		}
		// check for protocol-less URLs
		else if (!preg_match("/:/", $tag))
		{
			$url = "http://".$tag;
		}
	}
	else
	{
		// it's a wiki link
		//if ($_SESSION["linktracking"] && $track) $this->TrackLinkTo($tag);
		//$linkedPage = $this->LoadPage($tag);
		// return ($linkedPage ? "<a href=\"".$this->Href($method, $linkedPage['tag'])."\">".$text."</a>" : "<span class=\"missingpage\">".$text."</span><a href=\"".$this->Href("edit", $tag)."\" title=\"Create this page\">?</a>");
		return ($linkedPage ? "<a href=\"".$method.$tag."\"$title_attr>".$text."</a>" : "<a class=\"missingpage\" href=\"edit".$tag."\" title=\"Create this page\">".$text."</a>");
	}
	$external_link_tail = " \'\'\'link\!\'\'\'"; //$this->GetConfigValue("external_link_tail");
	return $url ? "<a class=\"ext\" href=\"$url\">$text</a>$external_link_tail" : $text;
}


//=========================================================================
// Misc Variables
$translate = "<!-- Translated output -->";

//=========================================================================
// Check if a form has been sent
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST'){
	//=================================================================
	// Begin translating - full of cheap workarounds
	//=================================================================
	// $_POST['wakin'] is the textarea's content
	//=================================================================
	// Prevent ---- lines from being converted to start with
	$translate = str_replace("----", "[hr]", $_POST['wakin']);

	//=================================================================
	// Clean up some of the basic things
	// Remove double stars around items
	$translate = preg_replace("/(\*\*)(.+?)(\*\*)/i", "\\2", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Replace // with ''
	$translate = str_replace("//", "''", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// If there is a ~- or just - at the beginning of a new line 
	// (\n, \r or \r\n depending on your OS), turn it into a bullet point
	// **[just realised this removes the indent, someone needs to look at this]**
	$translate = preg_replace("/(\r|\n|\r\n)([\~]?)(\-)/", "\n*", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Convert indents: ~ to :
	// For some reason, these have never worked for me
	$translate = str_replace("~", ":", $translate);
	$translate = str_replace("~-", ":*", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Remove = signs - very bad workaround to get this to work =(
	$translate = str_replace("======", "=", $translate);
	$translate = str_replace("=====", "=", $translate);
	$translate = str_replace("====", "=", $translate);
	$translate = str_replace("===", "=", $translate);
	$translate = str_replace("==", "=", $translate);

	// The following won't work for more than 1 = - I think I'm doing something wrong =/
	$translate = preg_replace("/([\=])(.+?)([\=])/i", "= \\2 =", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Bullet lists - need a new line before it starts
	// **[Tends to break bold effect on new lines - needs fixing/moving!]**
	//$translate = preg_replace("/(\r|\n|\r\n)\*/", "\n#.", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Numbered lists - need a new line before it starts
	// **[just realised first one removes the indent, someone needs to look at this]**
	$translate = preg_replace("/(\r|\n|\r\n)([\~]?)([0-9])([.])/", "\n#", $translate);
	//$translate = preg_replace("/(\r|\n|\r\n)([0-9])([.])/", "\n#", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Remove quad quotes
	$translate = preg_replace("/(\"\")(.+?)(\"\")/i", "\\2", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Fix up some silly errors
	$translate = str_replace("http:''", "http://", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// URI/URL PARSING - REQUESTS FIX!
	// This just repairs external links so far
	//$translate = preg_replace("/(\[\[http:\/\/)(.+?)(\]\])/i","[http://\\2]",$translate);
	//=================================================================
	// FROM WIKKAWAKKA SOURCE CODE, (GPLV2?)

	if ($translate == "<")
		return "&lt;";
	else if ($translate == ">")
		return "&gt;";
	// float box left
	else if ($translate == "<<")
	{
		return (++$trigger_floatl % 2 ? "<div class=\"floatl\">\n" : "\n</div>\n");
	}
	// float box right
	else if ($translate == ">>")
	{
		return (++$trigger_floatl % 2 ? "<div class=\"floatr\">\n" : "\n</div>\n");
	}
	// urls
	else if (preg_match("/^([a-z]+:\/\/\S+?)([^[:alnum:]^\/])?$/", $translate, $matches))
	{
		$url = $matches[1];
		/* Inline images are disabled for security reason, use {{image action}} #142
		But if you still need this functionality, update this file like below
		if (preg_match("/\.(gif|jpg|png|svg)$/si", $url)) {
			return '<img src="'.fncLink($url).'" alt="image" />'.$wakka->htmlspecialchars_ent($matches[2]);
		} else */
		// Mind Mapping Mod
		if (preg_match("/\.(mm)$/si", $url)) { #145
			//$translate = Action("mindmap ".$url);
		} else
			$translate = fncLink($url).$matches[2];
	}
	// forced links
	// \S : any character that is not a whitespace character
	// \s : any whitespace character
	else if (preg_match("/^\[\[(\S*)(\s+(.+))?\]\]$/s", $translate, $matches))		# recognize forced links across lines
	{
		list (, $url, , $text) = $matches;
		if ($url)
		{
			//if ($url!=($url=(preg_replace("/@@|&pound;&pound;||\[\[/","",$url))))$result="</span>";
			if (!$text) $text = $url;
			//$text=preg_replace("/@@|&pound;&pound;|\[\[/","",$text);
			$translate = $result.fncLink($url, "", $text);
		}
		else
		{
			// don't do anything;
		}
	}
	// interwiki links!
	else if (preg_match("/^[A-ZÄÖÜ][A-Za-zÄÖÜßäöü]+[:]\S*$/s", $translate))
	{
		//$translate = fncLink($translate);
	}
	// wiki links!
	else if (preg_match("/^[A-ZÄÖÜ]+[a-zßäöü]+[A-Z0-9ÄÖÜ][A-Za-z0-9ÄÖÜßäöü]*$/s", $translate))
	{
		$translate = fncLink($translate);
	}

	//=================================================================
	// IMAGE PARSING - REQUESTS FIX!
	// {{image url="http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/upimages/wallp/personalize-superkaramba.png"}}
	// $translate = preg_replace("/(\{\{image class=\")(.+?)(\ url=\")(.+?)(\")(.+?)(\"\}\})/i","[[Image:\\2|\\3\\4]]",$translate);
	$translate = preg_replace("/(\{\{image url=\")(.+?)(\"\}\})/i","[[Image:\\2]]",$translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Put the horizontal line back in
	$translate = str_replace("[hr]", "----", $translate);

	//=================================================================
	// Parse and add cleanup tag
	$translate = "<h2>Here's the translated output:</h2>
<textarea>{{Cleanup|This has been ported using an automated script, which might have broken vital details. It needs to be reviewed to get it up to the latest standards!}}\n\n".$translate."</textarea><br><br>\n";

/*=================================================================
NOTES:
This copied more or less directly out of the new WiKi

This appears to work in this script, but is coded incorrectly:
//
=>
''

This appears to work in this script:
**
=>
''' 

[[MangledPageName Mangled page name]]
=>
[[Mangled page name]]
 

[[MangledPageName Alternate Name]]
=>
[[mangled page name|Alternate Name]]


[[http://foo.com]]
=>
http://foo.com

This appears to work in this script:
[[http://foo.com Link name]]
=>
[http://foo.com Link name]

This appears to work in this script:
""PCLinuxOS""
=>
PCLinuxOS

@@{{image url="http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/upimages/wallp/personalize-superkaramba.png"}}@@
=>
[[Image:[last].png]]

=================================================================*/
}

//=========================================================================
// Print the page to the html output
print <<<EOF
<html><head><title>TranslateMe&trade; - PCLinuxOS WiKi markup converter</title>
<style type='text/css'>
a {
color: #000800;
}
body, html { font-family: "Deja-vu sans",Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
}
h1 { border-bottom: 1px solid #000800;
font-size: 28px;
margin: 0px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
padding: 3px;
}
h2 { font-size: 20px;
margin: 2px;
padding: 2px;
}
input, textarea { border: 1px solid #000;
border-left: 3px solid #000;
font-family: "Deja-vu sans",Helvetica,Tahoma,sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
}
input { font-weight: bold;
}
.jman { float: right;
font-size: 8px;
}
textarea { height: 200px;
width: 80%;
}
</style>
</head><body>
<h1>PCLinuxOS WiKi markup converter $version-$build</h1>
<div class='jman'>Written by the PCLinuxOS documentation team</div>
This can&#8217;t distinguish a bunch of stuff (see disclaimer), sorry, but it should help speed up translation nevertheless.<br><br>
$disclaimer<br><br>
EOF;
//=========================================================================
// If there's something translated, print it.
print $translate;
//=========================================================================
print <<<EOF
<br><h2>Translate something:</h2><form name='translateform' method='POST' action='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}'>
<textarea name='wakin' onFocus='if(this.value=="Type or paste text here..."){this.value="";}'>Type or paste text here...</textarea><br>
<input type='submit' value='Translate it!'>
</form></body></html>
EOF;

?>
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