Manual:Hooks/SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle

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SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle
<translate> Available from <tvar name=1><translate> version <tvar </tvar></translate>
Modify the selection criteria for Special:Random
<translate> Define function:</translate>
public static function onSpecialRandomGetRandomTitle( &$randstr, &$isRedir, &$namespaces, &$extra, &$title ) { ... }
<translate> Attach hook:</translate> <translate> In <tvar name=1>extension.json</tvar>:</translate>
{
	"Hooks": {
		"SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\MyExtension\\Hooks::onSpecialRandomGetRandomTitle"
	}
}
<translate> Called from:</translate> <translate> File(s):</translate> specials/SpecialRandompage.php
<translate> Interface:</translate> SpecialRandomGetRandomTitleHook.php

<translate> For more information about attaching hooks, see <tvar name=1>Manual:Hooks </tvar>.</translate>
<translate> For examples of extensions using this hook, see <tvar name=cat>Category:SpecialRandomGetRandomTitle extensions</tvar>.</translate>

Details

Allows extensions to modify the selection criteria used in Special:Random and subclasses of it.

  • &$randstr: A random number string, generated by wfRandom
  • &$isRedir: Boolean, whether or not the page to be selected should be a redirect
  • &$namespaces: An array of namespace indexes to get the page from
  • &$extra: An array of extra SQL statements added to the WHERE clause of the query
  • &$title: A Title object to redirect to if the hook returns false (must be set if the hook returns false)