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

Plugin syntax:

<<Template page=Footer>>

Short syntax:

{{Footer}}

Plugin syntax:

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

Short syntax:

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

Plugin syntax:

<<Template page=somepage rev=5>>

Short syntax:

{{somepage?version=5}}

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)

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.

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:

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

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