Extension:MatchByPrefix

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg MatchByPrefix Release status: unmaintained
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Implementation	User interface
Description	Redirects by page prefix
Author(s)	Vitaliy Filippov (VitaliyFilippovtalk)
Latest version	2011-12-16
MediaWiki	1.14.0+
License	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	GitHub: <translate> project page</translate> <translate> git repository URL</translate> [<translate> help</translate> ] <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> Note:</translate> <translate> No [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation resources</tvar>|localisation]] updates are provided by <tvar name=twn>translatewiki.net </tvar>.</translate>
Hooks used InitializeArticleMaybeRedirect
Quarterly downloads
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Usage

The extension redirects user to a page having prefix equal to the one specified in URL, if the URL itself does not point to a page and if only one matching page exists

Installation

• <translate> <tvar name=1>Download</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>MatchByPrefix</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  require_once "$IP/extensions/MatchByPrefix/MatchByPrefix.php";
  

• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>