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G. Wiki-Link Functions

void BBCode::SetWikiURL ( string $url )
This function changes the current wiki URL to the provided string. When a [wiki="foo"] tag is encountered in the input (or its equivalent tag, [[foo]]), NBBC will use this URL to turn that tag into a <a> link: This URL will be taken first, and the wiki-fied page name ("foo") will be appended to it (with no characters added in between). See the section on wiki-links for more information on how to use this function.
Parameters:
  • url: A string to be inserted in the resulting <a href=...> element before the wiki-fied page name. For example, if this is "http://www.example.com/wiki.php?page=" and the page name given by the user is "George Washington", the resulting complete URL would be <a href=\"http://www.example.com/wiki.php?page=George_Washington>.
Return values: None.
string BBCode::GetWikiURL ( )
This function returns the current wiki URL, as set by SetWikiURL(). If no wiki URL has been set, the return value is the same as that of GetDefaultWikiURL().
Parameters: None.
Return values: The current wiki URL.
string BBCode::GetDefaultWikiURL ( )
This function returns the default wiki URL, which is always "/?page=" --- this URL, when a wiki page name like "foo" is appended to the end of it, results in links that look like this: <a href="/?page=foo">...</a>
Parameters: None.
Return values: The default wiki URL, which is always "/?page=".
string BBCode::Wikify ( string $rawstring )
This function takes a raw string and cleans it up for use as a wiki page name. To do this, it replaces all of the following characters with underscores:

    , ! ? ; @ # $ % \ ^ & * < > = + ` ~ ' _ -     and all whitespace (0x00-0x20).

In addition, multiple successive underscores are condensed to a single underscore, and all initial and trailing underscores are removed. Also, characters in the extended range (0x7F-0xFF) are replaced with their URL-encoded equivalents.
Parameters:
  • rawstring: The string to clean up and make "wiki-friendly."
Return values: The resulting "clean" string.
Notes:

For example, "Washington, D.C." would become "Washington_D.C.", which is a string that can be safely used as part of a URL; while "é" might become "%E9", and "église" might become "%E9glise", depending on your current character encoding. The output of this function is always URL-safe and 8-bit clean.

Note that because accented characters like é and ü and non-Roman characters like א and are converted to URL-encoded-equivalents, this function may not suitable for use with some non-Roman languages.

The rationale behind URL-encoding the non-English characters is that some web servers and some web browsers are not 8-bit clean and may misbehave if they are sent a direct code value in this range.

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