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class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Output_modes_and_escaping" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Output_modes_and_escaping"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Output modes and escaping</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Output_modes_and_escaping-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Which_output_mode_to_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Which_output_mode_to_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Which output mode to use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Which_output_mode_to_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Method_chaining" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Method_chaining"> <div 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They are represented by <code>$1</code>, <code>$2</code>, <code>$3</code>, … in the (static) message texts, and replaced at run time. Typical parameter values are numbers (the "3" in "Delete 3 versions?"), or user names (the "Bob" in "Page last edited by Bob"), page names, links and so on, or sometimes other messages. They can be of arbitrary complexity. </p><p>The list of parameters defined for each specific message is placed in special file "qqq.json" located in "languages/" folder of MediaWiki - read more in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:System_message#Message_documentation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:System message">Message documentation</a>. </p><p>It's preferable to use whole words with the PLURAL, GENDER, and GRAMMAR magic words. For example, <code>{{PLURAL:$1|subpage|subpages}}</code> is better than <code>sub{{PLURAL:$1|page|pages}}</code>. It makes searching easier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Referring_to_other_messages">Referring to other messages</h3></div> <p>It's sometimes convenient to refer to sub-messages in a message, e.g. in phrases like "Use the X button" or "Visit the Y page", to ensure that the translations are consistent. To do so, you may use the following syntax: </p> <ul><li><code>{{int:X}}</code> - to use the sub-message in interface language. This is often used when referring to form buttons or site navigation, e.g. <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Showpreview" title="MediaWiki:Showpreview">showpreview</a>.</li> <li><code>{{MediaWiki:Y}}</code> - to use the sub-message in content language. This is used when the sub-message defines a translatable name of a local page, e.g. <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Mainpage" title="MediaWiki:Mainpage">mainpage</a>, <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Grouppage-sysop" title="MediaWiki:Grouppage-sysop">grouppage-sysop</a>, <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Policy-url" title="MediaWiki:Policy-url">policy-url</a>.</li> <li><code>{{#Special:Z}}</code> - to use the name of a special page in content language.</li></ul> <p>If you need anything more complicated (e.g. the sub-message used depends on configuration), parse it in your code and pass the whole sub-message as a parameter. </p><p>Example: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-wikitext mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span>Before saving, use the <span class="p">{{</span><span class="nf">int</span><span class="p">:</span>foo-test<span class="p">}}</span> button to test the changes. Visit <span class="p">[[{{</span><span class="nn">MediaWiki</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="nt">foo-help</span><span class="p">}}|</span>the help page<span class="p">]]</span> to learn more.Customize this feature at <span class="p">[[{{</span><span class="nf">#Special</span><span class="p">:</span>Preferences<span class="p">}}]]</span>. </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switches_in_messages…"><span id="Switches_in_messages.E2.80.A6"></span>Switches in messages…</h3></div> <p>Parameters values at times influence the exact wording, or grammatical variations in messages. We don't resort to ugly constructs like "$1 (sub)page(s) of his/her userpage", because these are poor for users and we can do better. Instead, we make switches that are parsed according to values that will be known at run time. The static message text then supplies each of the possible choices in a list, preceded by the name of the switch, and a reference to the value that makes a difference. This resembles the way <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/parser_functions" title="Special:MyLanguage/parser functions">Parser functions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Parser_functions" class="mw-disambig" title="Parser functions"> </a></span> are called in MediaWiki. Several types of switches are available. <b>These only work if you do full parsing, or <code>{{</code>-transformation, for the messages.</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="…on_numbers_via_PLURAL"><span id=".E2.80.A6on_numbers_via_PLURAL"></span>…on numbers via PLURAL</h4></div> <p>MediaWiki supports plurals, which makes for a nicer-looking product. For example: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="s1">'undelete_short'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'Undelete {{PLURAL:$1|one edit|$1 edits}}'</span><span class="p">,</span> </pre></div> <p>If there is an explicit plural form to be given for a specific number, it is possible with the following syntax: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="s1">'Box has {{PLURAL:$1|one egg|$1 eggs|12=a dozen eggs}}.'</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Be_aware_of_PLURAL_use_on_all_numbers">Be aware of PLURAL use on <i>all</i> numbers</h5></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6353907">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic;padding-bottom:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.4em;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc}.mw-parser-output .hatnote.no-border{border-bottom:none}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote mw-tpl-seealso">See also: <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Plural" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Plural">translatewiki:Plural</a></div> <p><br /> When a number has to be inserted into a message text, be aware that some languages will have to use PLURAL on it even if always larger than 1. The reason is that PLURAL in languages other than English can make very different and complex distinctions, comparable to English 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, 4<sup>th</sup>, … 11<sup>th</sup>, 12<sup>th</sup>, 13<sup>th</sup>, … 21<sup>st</sup>, 22<sup>nd</sup>, 23<sup>rd</sup>, … <i>etc.</i> </p><p>Do not try to supply three different messages for cases like "no items counted", "one item counted", "more items counted". Rather, let one message take them all, and leave it to translators and PLURAL to properly treat any possible differences of presentation for them in their respective languages. </p><p>Always include the number as a parameter if possible. Always add <code>{{PLURAL:}}</code> syntax to the source messages if possible, even if it makes no sense in English. The syntax guides translators. </p><p>Fractional numbers are supported, but the plural rules may not be complete. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Pass_the_number_of_list_items_as_parameters_to_messages_talking_about_lists">Pass the number of list items as parameters to messages talking about lists</h5></div> <p>Don't assume that there's only singular and plural. Many languages have more than two forms, which depend on the actual number used and they have to use <a href="#…on_use_context_inside_sentences_via_GRAMMAR">grammar</a> varying with the number of list items when expressing what is listed in a list visible to readers. Thus, whenever your code computes a list, include <code>count( $list )</code> as parameter to headlines, lead-ins, footers and other messages about the list, even if the count is not used in English. There is a neutral way to talk about invisible lists, so you can have links to lists on extra pages without having to count items in advance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="…on_user_names_via_GENDER"><span id=".E2.80.A6on_user_names_via_GENDER"></span>…on user names via GENDER</h4></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="s1">'foobar-edit-review'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'Please review {{GENDER:$1|his|her|their}} edits.'</span> </pre></div> <p>If you refer to a user in a message, pass the user name as parameter to the message and add a mention in the message documentation that gender is supported. If it is likely that GENDER will be used in translations for languages with gender inflections, add it explicitly in the English language source message. </p><p>If you directly address the currently logged-in user, leave the user name as parameter empty: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="s1">'foobar-logged-in-user'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'You said {{GENDER:|you were male|you were female|nothing about your gender}}.'</span> </pre></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4199130">.mw-parser-output .mw-version{border:1px solid #72777d;font-size:80%;line-height:1.2;border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-ltr{float:right;margin:0 0 .5em .5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-rtl{float:left;margin:0 .5em .5em 0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .mw-version td{padding:.1em .3em}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-versionbox{border:5px solid #00af89;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-versionnumber{font-weight:bold;font-size:180%}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#c8ccd1}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2 .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#c8ccd1;border-right-color:#c8ccd1;border-left-color:#c8ccd1}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-unsupported .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-unsupported .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#d33;border-right-color:#d33;border-left-color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-legacy .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#f93}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-legacy .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#f93;border-right-color:#f93;border-left-color:#f93}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-stable .mw-version-versionbox,.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version.mw-version-and-later .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-stable .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#00af89;border-right-color:#00af89;border-left-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-future .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#8080c0}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-future .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#8080c0;border-right-color:#8080c0;border-left-color:#8080c0}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-alpha .mw-version-versionbox{border-style:dotted}</style> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.31</div><small><a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/398772" class="extiw" title="gerrit:398772">Gerrit change 398772</a></small></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>If you include the user name into the message (e.g. "$1 thanked you."), consider passing it through <code>wfEscapeWikitext()</code> first, to ensure that characters like <code>*</code> or <code>;</code> are not interpreted. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Users_have_grammatical_genders">Users have grammatical genders</h5></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6353907"><div role="note" class="hatnote mw-tpl-seealso">See also: <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Gender" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Gender">translatewiki:Gender</a></div> <p><br /> When a message talks about a user, or relates to a user, or addresses a user directly, the user name should be passed to the message as a parameter. Thus languages having to, or wanting to, use proper gender dependent grammar, can do so. This should be done even when the user name is not intended to appear in the message, such as in "inform the user on his/her talk page", which is better made "inform the user on {{GENDER:$1|his|her|their}} talk page" in English as well. </p><p>This does not mean that you are encouraged to "sexualise" messages' language: please use gender-neutral language whenever this can be done with clarity and precision. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="…on_use_context_inside_sentences_via_GRAMMAR"><span id=".E2.80.A6on_use_context_inside_sentences_via_GRAMMAR"></span>…on use context inside sentences via GRAMMAR</h4></div> <p>Grammatical transformations for <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q171263" class="extiw" title="d:Special:EntityPage/Q171263">agglutinative language <small>(Q171263)</small></a> is also available. For example for Finnish, where it was an absolute necessity to make language files site-independent, <i>i.e.</i> to remove the Wikipedia references. In Finnish, "about Wikipedia" becomes "Tietoja Wikipediasta" and "you can upload it to Wikipedia" becomes "Voit tallentaa tiedoston Wikipediaan". Suffixes are added depending on how the word is used, plus minor modifications to the base. There is a long list of exceptions, but since only a few words needed to be translated, such as the site name, we didn't need to include it. </p><p>MediaWiki has grammatical transformation functions for over 20 languages. Some of these are just dictionaries for Wikimedia site names, but others have simple algorithms which will fail for all but the most common cases. </p><p>Even before MediaWiki had arbitrary grammatical transformation, it had a nominative/genitive distinction for month names. This distinction is necessary for some languages if you wish to substitute month names into sentences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filtering_special_characters_in_parameters_and_messages">Filtering special characters in parameters and messages</h3></div> <p>The other (much simpler) issue with parameter substitution is HTML escaping. Despite being much simpler, MediaWiki does a pretty poor job of it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Using_messages_in_PHP">Using messages in PHP</h2></div> <table class="warning-message" style="background-color: var( --background-color-error-subtle, #ffe9e5 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border: 1px var( --border-color-error, #9f3526 ) solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em;"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;"><span style="position: relative; top: -2px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></span> <b>Warning:</b> </td><td style="padding-left: 0.5em vertical-align: top;">Make sure you always use one of the <a href="#Output_modes_and_escaping">output modes</a> mentioned below</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Here is a simple example: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">Xml</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">submitButton</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'submit'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p><code>wfMessage()</code> is a global function which acts as a wrapper for the Message class, creating a Message object. This example then invokes Message method <code>text()</code> which fetches the text of the 'submit' message in the current language, performs certain language transformations (such as gender and plural), and returns the unescaped message text. </p><p>Here is a more complex example using a message that takes a count and supports linguistic plural handling: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">Xml</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">label</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'numberofpages'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$count</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>The following sections explain the code. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parameters">Parameters</h3></div> <p>Given a message like the following: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-json mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"msg"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Values are $1, $2"</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <p>You pass parameters to messages that need them in several ways: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'param1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'param2'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">params</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'param1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'param2'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s1">'param1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'param2'</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> <p>The first approach is most common, use the second approach when mixing different types of parameters, and you can use the third to construct message objects dynamically from other data. There are <i>different types of parameters</i>: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">params</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$username</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">rawParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$link</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plaintextParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$userInput</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$count</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">durationParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$duration</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// MediaWiki 1.22+</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">expiryParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$expiry</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// MediaWiki 1.22+</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">timeperiodParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$period</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// MediaWiki 1.22+</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">sizeParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$size</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// MediaWiki 1.22+</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'msg'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">bitrateParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$bitrate</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// MediaWiki 1.22+</span> </pre></div> <dl><dt><code>params()</code></dt> <dd>Normal message substitution parameter.</dd> <dt><code>rawParams()</code></dt> <dd>Substitutes the parameter after the message has been otherwise processed; this means that these parameters are not available to parser functions, nor are they escaped if escaping output format is used (see below). Make sure you escape them properly yourself.</dd> <dt><code>plaintextParams()</code></dt> <dd>Like <code>rawParams()</code>, but does escaping. It is useful when you pass user input that may contain wikitext that should not be parsed.</dd></dl> <p>Each function from the second group formats the value in a specific way before the substitution. <code>numParams()</code> must be used if the message uses <code>{{PLURAL:}}</code>. In some cases you might not want to use it even though you have a number, for example a revision ID. The other functions correspond to Language functions <code>formatDuration</code>, <code>formatExpiry</code>, <code>formatTimePeriod</code>, <code>formatSize</code> and <code>formatBitrate</code>, and are just shorthands for calling them directly. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3></div> <p>To override the language in which you want the message, there is one method and one shortcut for the common case of using wiki content language. In the latter case you can use either a language code or a language object. The usual language fallback chains apply, so the actual message you get may be in a different language than requested, if a translation does not exist. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'message-key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inContentLanguage</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'message-key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inLanguage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$lang</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Output_modes_and_escaping">Output modes and escaping</h3></div> <p>The Message class, and thus the object returned by wfMessage(), has five output modes: </p> <ul><li><code>plain()</code> - returns the message text as-is; only parameters are substituted<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><code>text()</code> - transforms the message text (see <code>MessageCache::transform()</code>) which transforms all <code>{{}}</code> including templates and parser functions like PLURAL and GENDER, but neither escapes nor sanitizes</li> <li><code>escaped()</code> - same as 'text', but also escapes it for use in HTML</li> <li><code>parse()</code> - parses the message text from wikitext to HTML and sanitizes (MessageCache::parse() which calls the Parser)</li> <li><code>parseAsBlock()</code> - the output is wrapped in a block level HTML element, if not already, similarly to OutputPage::addWikiMsg</li></ul> <p>Remember that <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/manual:Html.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/manual:Html.php">Html::</a> functions escape everything fed into them, so use the text() format with those to avoid double escaping. Hence the most common output format is text(). Also, make sure to use parse() or parseAsBlock() if the message has wikitext in it, otherwise the wikitext will just be escaped and output as plain text. </p><p>When using <code>wfMessage()</code> or <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">msg</span><span class="p">()</span></code>, you should always specify an output type. <code>text()</code> is appropriate when you're outputting it through <code>addWikiText()</code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Which_output_mode_to_use">Which output mode to use</h4></div> <p>Generally speaking, the most common modes you will use are <code>->parse()</code> and <code>->text()</code>. You use ->parse() in most places where html markup is supported, and you use <code>->text()</code> in places where the content is going to become html escaped or html markup is not supported. </p><p>Some common cases: </p> <ul><li>If you are putting the message in the text part (third argument) of <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">Html</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">element</span></code> use <code>->text()</code>. You may also consider using <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">Html</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">rawElement</span><span class="p">()</span></code> instead and using the <code>->parse()</code> mode.</li> <li>If you are putting in text (third argument) of <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">Html</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">rawElement</span><span class="p">()</span></code>, you should generally use <code>->parse()</code>.</li> <li>If you are putting into the attributes (second argument) of <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">Html</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">rawElement</span><span class="p">()</span></code> or <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">Html</span><span class="o">::</span><span class="na">element</span><span class="p">()</span></code>, use <code>->parse()</code></li> <li>If you are manually constructing html attributes, you should use <code>->escaped()</code>. However you should never manually construct html attributes</li> <li>For <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$out</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">addWikiText</span><span class="p">()</span></code> where <code>$out</code> is an OutputPage object use <code>->text()</code> or <code>->plain()</code>. However consider if you would rather use <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$out</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">addWikiMsg</span></code> instead.</li> <li>For $out->addHTML() use <code>->parse()</code></li></ul> <p><span class="anchor" id="Chaining"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Method_chaining">Method chaining</h3></div> <p>Most Message methods return the current object, so you can conveniently call one after another to operate on an object before finally returning its text. This is called <b>method chaining</b>. Here is an example: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-></span><span class="na">params</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-></span><span class="na">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$numOfApples</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-></span><span class="na">setContext</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$context</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inContentLanguage</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">-></span><span class="na">parse</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_methods_of_printing_messages">Additional methods of printing messages</h3></div> <p>The general message function in MediaWiki is <code>wfMessage</code>. However, since in a message the value of magic words can depend on the context, there are various wrappers to this function, that automatically set the correct context. </p><p><b>OutputPage</b> has a few methods that append directly to the generated output. The useful ones are: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$out</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">addWikiMsg</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'pageheader'</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$out</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">wrapWikiMsg</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'<div class="error">\n$1\n</div>'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s1">'someerrormessage'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$user</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">getName</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>Both of the above parse the wikitext in the context of the current page before appending it to output buffer. </p><p>Classes extending <b>ContextSource</b> have a method <code>msg</code> that automatically sets the current context (language, current page etc.). It is therefore recommended to use <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">msg</span><span class="p">()</span></code> for those classes, like <b>special pages</b>. Here is a non-exhaustive list of such classes:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>CategoryViewer</li> <li>HTMLForm</li> <li>LogEventsList</li> <li>DifferenceEngine</li> <li>OutputPage</li> <li>IndexPager</li> <li>ImageHistoryList</li> <li>ApiBase</li> <li>ChangesList</li> <li>Skin</li></ul> <table class="warning-message" style="background-color: var( --background-color-error-subtle, #ffe9e5 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border: 1px var( --border-color-error, #9f3526 ) solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em;"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;"><span style="position: relative; top: -2px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></span> <b>Warning:</b> </td><td style="padding-left: 0.5em vertical-align: top;">The QuickTemplate class and its subclasses (BaseTemplate) have a method named <code>msg</code> which is different from the one from ContextSource. In these classes $this->msg() will simply output the escaped text of the message.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Examples of <b>correct</b> usage: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="mi">567</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">msg</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="mi">567</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">parse</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> <p>Examples of <b>incorrect</b> usage: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">345</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">parseInline</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1"># Number is not formatted correctly</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">msg</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">345</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="mi">234</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># Plural syntax is not converted in plain format</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Using_messages_in_JavaScript">Using messages in JavaScript</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6353907"><div role="note" class="hatnote mw-tpl-seealso">See also: <a href="/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mw.message" title="ResourceLoader/Core modules">ResourceLoader/Core modules#mediaWiki.message</a></div> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6651107">.mw-parser-output .note{background-position:left 7px top 50%;padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 40px;margin:0.5em 0;overflow:hidden;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#333;background-repeat:no-repeat;border:1px solid #ddd}.mw-parser-output .note-inline{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .note-info{background-color:#eaf3ff;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/OOjs_UI_icon_information-progressive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#a3caff;padding-left:40px;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-reminder{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-warn{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-warning.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-error{background-color:#fee7e6;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#c33;min-height:25px}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}</style><div role="note" class="note note-info">This page only deals with MediaWiki core. See the specific documentation instead for the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.i18n#jqueryi18n"><b>jquery.i18n</b></a> module.</div></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Getting_the_messages_to_the_client">Getting the messages to the client</h3></div> <p>To use the messages, we need to make sure that the messages are available at client side first. This can be done using either a ResourceLoader module (most common) or an API query from JavaScript (rare). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Using_a_ResourceLoader_module">Using a ResourceLoader module</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6353907"><div role="note" class="hatnote mw-tpl-seealso">See also: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgResourceModules" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgResourceModules">Manual:$wgResourceModules</a></div> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">This is the most common method of delivering messages. You should use this unless you have a good reason not to.</div></dd></dl> <p>We are going to use <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader" title="Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader">ResourceLoader</a> to make sure that the messages are available at the client side. For this, in your ResourceLoader modules, define the messages to be exported to the client side. </p><p>If you plan to use the <code>mw.message(…).parse()</code> to generate HTML from wikitext in interface messages, then it is important to load the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mediawiki.jqueryMsg" title="Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Core modules">mediawiki.jqueryMsg</a> module. </p><p>Example (extension.json): </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-json mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"ResourceModules"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"ext.abuseFilter.edit"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"scripts"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"ext.abuseFilter.edit.js"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"messages"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"abusefilter-edit-syntaxok"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"abusefilter-edit-syntaxerr"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"abusefilter-http-error"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"abusefilter-edit-throttle-placeholder"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"abusefilter-edit-tag-placeholder"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"abusefilter-edit-warn-leave"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"unknown-error"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"jan"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"feb"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"mar"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"dependencies"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"mediawiki.util"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"mediawiki.api"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"mediawiki.confirmCloseWindow"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"jquery.textSelection"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"jquery.spinner"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"oojs-ui-core"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"oojs-ui-widgets"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Using_an_API_query_from_JavaScript">Using an API query from JavaScript</h4></div> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">This is not a common way of loading messages. You should only use this if there is a good reason why you can't use <a href="#Using_a_ResourceLoader_module">the ResourceLoader module method above</a>.</div></dd></dl> <p>You can use the following code: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r4199130"> </p> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.27</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// When: The 'mediawiki.api' module is loaded, and, the page is ready</span> <span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">when</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">loader</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">using</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'mediawiki.api'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'mediawiki.jqueryMsg'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">ready</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Then: Load the messages that you need (if they are not yet loaded)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Api</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="nx">loadMessagesIfMissing</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'january'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'february'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'march'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Then: Do stuff with them</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">doStuff</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>To get the messages in some language other than the <code>UserLanguage</code> language, use getMessages instead of loadMessagesIfMissing, and supply the target language as the "amlang" field of the optional second parameter, like so: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// When: The 'mediawiki.api' module is loaded. No need to wait for the page to be ready.</span> <span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">when</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">loader</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">using</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'mediawiki.api'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Then: get some messages in French (language code 'fr')</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Api</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="nx">getMessages</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'january'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'february'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'march'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">amlang</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'fr'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// Then: Do stuff with them</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">doStuff</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// doStuff is a function that will receive as its first parameter an object that looks like so:</span> <span class="c1">// { february: "février", january: "janvier", march: "mars" }</span> </pre></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_of_the_messages">Use of the messages</h3></div> <p>The messages defined in the above example will be available at client side and can be accessed by <code>mw.message( 'message-key-name' )</code>. </p><p>For example: </p> <pre>$( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'<div>'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #ffb6db;">text</span>( mw.message( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'translate-msggroupselector-projects'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #6db6ff;">text</span>() ); </pre> <p>Note how we use jQuery <code><span style="background-color: #ffb6db;">text</span></code> method to escape our output properly when using mw.message <code><span style="background-color: #6db6ff;">text</span></code> format. </p><p>If your message contains wikitext formatting, you can instead use the following: </p> <pre>$( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'<div>'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #ffb6db;">append</span>( mw.message( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'translate-msggroupselector-projects'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #6db6ff;">parseDom</span>() ); </pre> <p>Here we use jQuery <code><span style="background-color: #ffb6db;">append</span></code> method to insert the DOM nodes returned by mw.message <code><span style="background-color: #6db6ff;">parseDom</span></code> format. </p><p>In older code you might also encounter the following: (<code>parseDom</code> was not available until MediaWiki 1.27) </p> <pre>$( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'<div>'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #ffb6db;">html</span>( mw.message( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'translate-msggroupselector-projects'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #6db6ff;">escaped</span>() ); $( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'<div>'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #ffb6db;">html</span>( mw.message( <span class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-js"><span class="s1">'translate-msggroupselector-projects'</span></span> ).<span style="background-color: #6db6ff;">parse</span>() ); </pre> <p>There are other correct combinations, but whenever possible, stick to the patterns above to avoid XSS vulnerabilities and make your code easier to understand for others. </p><p>We can also pass the dynamic parameters to the message (i.e. the values for $1, $2, etc.) as shown below. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'<div>'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'hello-user'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">username</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <p>In the above examples, note that the message should be defined in an i18n file. If the message key is not found in any i18n file, the result will be the message key in curved angle brackets U+29FC/U+29FD (part of mathematical symbols), like '⧼message-key-foo⧽'. In older versions of MediaWiki, the message key was returned in ASCII angle brackets, like '<message-key-foo>', and this could generate invalid or fake HTML elements. In the case where the message key does not exists, the <code>.exists()</code> method of the returned message object will also return false instead of true. </p><p>To use a message that must not go through the parser (e.g. when passing JSON data as messages, or when the message will be used as <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Creating_pages_with_preloaded_text" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Creating pages with preloaded text">preloaded text</a> of a page), use: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'foobar'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">plain</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Format_options">Format options</h4></div> <p>If you don't specify the output format, mw.message just returns a Message object. To output the message itself, you should specify an output format. The formats are mostly the same as in PHP side: </p> <ul><li><code>mw.message( 'foobar' ).plain()</code> Returns the message text as-is; only parameters are substituted.</li> <li><code>mw.message( 'foobar' ).text()</code> Transforms the message text (all supported <code>{{}}</code> blocks are replaced with transformed results). See <a href="#Feature_support_in_JavaScript">#Feature support in JavaScript</a> for details of what is supported. For example, certain keywords (<code>{{int:}}</code> (but only without parameters), <code>{{GENDER}}</code>, <code>{{SITENAME}}</code> etc.) work, but tranclusion (e.g. <code>{{MediaWiki:}}</code>) and server-side <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic words">Magic words</a> such as {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} or {{ns:Project}} do not work,</li> <li><code>mw.message( 'foobar' ).escaped()</code> HTML escaped version of <code>text</code>.</li> <li><code>mw.message( 'foobar' ).parse()</code> Parses the message text from wikitext to HTML. This supports everything from <code>text</code> mode, as well as most links, and allow listed HTML.</li> <li><code>mw.message( 'foobar' ).parseDom()</code> Like <code>parse()</code>, but returns a jQuery collection instead of a HTML string.</li></ul> <table class="warning-message" style="background-color: var( --background-color-error-subtle, #ffe9e5 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border: 1px var( --border-color-error, #9f3526 ) solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em;"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;"><span style="position: relative; top: -2px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></span> <b>Warning:</b> </td><td style="padding-left: 0.5em vertical-align: top;">If the mediawiki.jqueryMsg module is not loaded, all of the above methods behave essentially like <code>plain()</code> with possible escaping.</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">There is no equivalent of parseAsBlock. Where necessary, wrap the output in a block element yourself.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parameters_2">Parameters</h4></div> <p>Parameters can be specified as additional arguments to <code>mw.message()</code>. They can be passed as strings or as DOM nodes / jQuery collections. </p><p>Unlike in PHP, wikitext in the parameters is <i>not parsed</i>. Effectively, all string parameters behave like <code>plaintextParams()</code>. </p><p>DOM/jQuery parameters can be used to achieve the equivalent of <code>rawParams()</code>. </p><p>There is no support for other parameter formats. Instead of <code>numParams()</code>, you must format numbers before passing them as parameters, using <code>mw.language.convertNumber()</code>. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">$</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'<div>'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'translate-msggroupselector-view-subprojects'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">language</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">convertNumber</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">count</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feature_support_in_JavaScript">Feature support in JavaScript</h3></div> <table class="warning-message" style="background-color: var( --background-color-error-subtle, #ffe9e5 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); border: 1px var( --border-color-error, #9f3526 ) solid; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.5em;"><tbody><tr><td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;"><span style="position: relative; top: -2px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></span> <b>Warning:</b> </td><td style="padding-left: 0.5em vertical-align: top;">Wikitext support in JS messages requires the <i>mediawiki.jqueryMsg</i> module to be loaded, otherwise these features will be silently ignored.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>JavaScript messages only support a small subset of wikitext syntax. Supported features include: </p> <ul><li>Internal links (except <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/pipe_trick" title="Special:MyLanguage/pipe trick">pipe trick</a>)</li> <li>Explicit external links (no auto-numbered and free links)</li> <li>The magic words SITENAME, PAGENAME, PAGENAMEE; since MW 1.38: SERVERNAME; since MW 1.43: CONTENTLANGUAGE</li> <li>The parser functions PLURAL, GENDER, GRAMMAR, int, ns, formatnum, lc, uc, lcfirst, ucfirst; since MW 1.44: fullurl</li> <li>HTML tags which are allowed in wikitext (HTML must be well-formed)</li> <li>HTML entities <code>&#039;</code>, <code>&quot;</code>, <code>&lt;</code>, <code>&gt;</code>, <code>&amp;</code></li> <li>The <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">nowiki</span><span class="p">></span></code> tag</li></ul> <p>Notable wikitext syntax that is <b>not</b> supported: </p> <ul><li>Templates</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Interwiki_linking#Non-local_interwikis" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Interwiki linking">Non-local interwiki links</a></li> <li>All other parser functions and magic words</li> <li>Modules (for example <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Module:String" title="Special:MyLanguage/Module:String">Module:String</a>)</li> <li>All other XML-like tags (extension tags)</li> <li>Bold and italic <code>'''</code>, <code>''</code> (use <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">b</span><span class="p">></span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">i</span><span class="p">></span></code> instead)</li> <li>Lists using <code>*</code>, <code>#</code> (use <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">></span></code> or <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">ol</span><span class="p">></span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">></span></code> instead)</li> <li>Definition lists / indents using <code>;</code>, <code>:</code> (use <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">dl</span><span class="p">></span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">dt</span><span class="p">></span></code>, <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">dd</span><span class="p">></span></code> instead)</li> <li>Multiple paragraphs (use <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">p</span><span class="p">></span></code> instead)</li> <li>Self-closing HTML tags</li> <li>Comments <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-html mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="cm"></span></code></li> <li>Some types of nesting (e.g. <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-html mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr">{{PLURAL:$1|<span class="p"><</span><span class="nt">strong</span><span class="p">></span>$1<span class="p"></</span><span class="nt">strong</span><span class="p">></span>}}</code>)</li></ul> <p>The <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Template:Doc-jqueryMsg" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Template:Doc-jqueryMsg">doc-jqueryMsg template</a> can be used to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:System_message#Message_documentation" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:System message">document</a> such messages, to let translators know which wikitext restrictions apply. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="mw.msg">mw.msg</h3></div> <p>The <code>mw.msg()</code> function is commonly used as a shortcut for <code>mw.message().text()</code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exporting_messages_through_ResourceLoader_callbacks">Exporting messages through ResourceLoader callbacks</h3></div> <p>If you need to process a message on the server and send the result to the client (e.g. because you need to parse the message using parsing features that aren't supported in JS), you can do that with a <a href="/wiki/ResourceLoader/Package_files#Generated_content" title="ResourceLoader/Package files">package files callback</a> in your ResourceLoader module. When you do this, take care to use <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$context</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">msg</span><span class="p">()</span></code>, because using <code>wfMessage()</code> will <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Package_files#Common_pitfall:_using_i18n_messages_in_generated_content_callbacks" title="Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Package files">cause errors</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Using_messages_in_Lua">Using messages in Lua</h2></div> <p>Modules written in Lua using <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto">Scribunto</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Scribunto" title="Extension:Scribunto"> </a></span> run similarly to templates and have access to MediaWiki messages. The MediaWiki Lua library includes the mw.message class for processing messages. Refer to the full <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Message_library" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual">Lua message library</a> documentation for the full API. Here is a simple example: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-lua mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">local</span> <span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span> <span class="kr">function</span> <span class="nc">p</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">nmembers</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">frame</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="kd">local</span> <span class="n">nmembersMsg</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'nmembers'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">nmembersMsg</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">numParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1">-- This ensures number localization</span> <span class="c1">-- Show the message in the language of the wiki. frame:preprocess expands the {{plural}} clause.</span> <span class="kr">return</span> <span class="n">frame</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">preprocess</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">nmembersMsg</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">plain</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="kr">end</span> <span class="kr">return</span> <span class="n">p</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_about_gender,_grammar,_plural"><span id="Notes_about_gender.2C_grammar.2C_plural"></span>Notes about gender, grammar, plural</h2></div> <dl><dd>See also <a href="#Switches_in_messages…">#Switches in messages…</a>; the syntax itself is documented at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic_words#Localization" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Magic words">Help:Magic words#Localization</a> and related.</dd></dl> <p>In general, GENDER, GRAMMAR and PLURAL magic words work identically in both PHP and JavaScript sides. </p> <ol><li>You must use <code>text</code>, <code>escaped</code>, <code>parse</code> or <code>parseAsBlock</code> <a href="#Output_modes_and_escaping">output formats</a> for them to work. <ul><li>In PHP, you can use wfMessage or <code><a href="#Additional_methods_of_printing_messages">$this->msg</a></code>.</li> <li>In JavaScript, make sure your resource loader module depends on <code>jqueryMsg</code> (see <a href="#Using_messages_in_JavaScript">#Using messages in JavaScript</a>).</li></ul></li> <li>You need to pass the relevant parameter as normal parameter to the message. <ul><li>The parameter is the number for PLURAL; the plain text or wikitext-escaped username for GENDER in PHP; the gender from preferences or a user object for GENDER in JavaScript (<a href="#GENDER_in_JavaScript">see below</a>).</li> <li>For enabling plural and correct number localization in PHP, you need to use <code>numParams</code> for the number, see also <a href="#Chaining">#Chaining</a>.</li> <li>For enabling plural and correct number localization in JavaScript, you need to use <code>mw.language.convertNumber</code> for the number</li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PLURAL_syntax_example">PLURAL syntax example</h3></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Simple plural</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'$1 crying {{PLURAL:$1|baby|babies}}'</span> </pre></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="JavaScript_examples"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GENDER_in_JavaScript">GENDER in JavaScript</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">This needs explicit <code>jqueryMsg</code>, see <a href="#Using_messages_in_JavaScript">#Using messages in JavaScript</a>.</div> <p>If you have a message, say, <code>"message-key-gender-foo": "{{GENDER:$1|he|she|they}} created an article"</code>, in JavaScript, you can use it as given below: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-gender-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'male'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// returns 'he created an article'</span> <span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-gender-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'female'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// returns 'she created an article'</span> <span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-gender-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'unknown'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// returns 'they created an article'</span> </pre></div> <p>Instead of passing the gender directly, we can pass any "User-like" object with a gender option. For example, the current user object <code>mw.user</code>. </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">user</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">user</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// current user</span> <span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-gender-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">user</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// The message returned will be based on the gender of the current user.</span> </pre></div> <p>If the gender passed is invalid or unknown, the gender neutral form will be used as defined for each language. Pass <code>'unknown'</code> if you intentionally want the neutral form. </p><p>Finally, if you want to use the gender of the current user, you can pass an empty string: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// the following line illustrates the message content, you can run this snippet on developer console</span> <span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">messages</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-gender-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'{{GENDER:$1|male|female|unknown}}'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">user</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">options</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">values</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">gender</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'female'</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// temporarily manipulate your gender preference</span> <span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-gender-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">''</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">();</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">// return value depends on your gender preference</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PLURAL_in_JavaScript">PLURAL in JavaScript</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-info">This needs explicit <code>jqueryMsg</code>, see <a href="#Using_messages_in_JavaScript">#Using messages in JavaScript</a>.</div> <p>If you have a message, say <code> 'message-key-plural-foo' => 'There {{PLURAL:$1|is $1 item|are $1 items}}' </code> , in JavaScript, you can use it as given below: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">message</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'message-key-plural-foo'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">count</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">text</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// returns 'There is 1 item' if count = 1</span> <span class="c1">// returns 'There are 6 items' if count = 6</span> </pre></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Deprecated_wfMsg*_functions"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Help_with_replacing_deprecated_wfMsg*_functions"><span id="Help_with_replacing_deprecated_wfMsg.2A_functions"></span>Help with replacing deprecated wfMsg* functions</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651107"><div role="note" class="note note-error">These functions were removed <a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/262333" class="extiw" title="gerrit:262333">starting with MediaWiki 1.27 LTS</a>.</div> <p>The code using these functions often has incorrect escaping and other code quality issues, so it's also recommended to </p> <ul><li>replace all Xml:: functions with their Html:: equivalents, which make it easier to do the right thing;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>where possible, avoid globals and use <code>msg()</code> (see <a href="#Additional_methods_of_printing_messages">above</a>);</li> <li>replace <code>htmlspecialchars()</code> with <code>->escaped()</code> where appropriate.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="490px">Code change </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsg</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgExt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">SOME_FORMAT</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">SOME_FORMAT_FUNCTION</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>The second parameter specifies the output mode, usually expressed as an array like <code>array( 'escape' )</code> but sometimes just like <code>'escape'</code>: it needs to be replaced according to <a href="#Output_modes_and_escaping">#Output modes and escaping</a>, like <code>->escaped()</code>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgExt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'parse'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">parseAsBlock</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>Use full parsing, and wrap the output in block-level HTML tags. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgExt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'parseinline'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">parse</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>Use full parsing. Parseinline is used because it is more useful when pre-building HTML. In normal use it is better to use OutputPage::(add|wrap)WikiMsg. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgExt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'parsemag'</span> <span class="p">),</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'pear'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'pear'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>Places where HTML cannot be used. {{-transformation is done. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgHtml</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">rawParams</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'apple'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">escaped</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td><code>wfMsgHtml</code> does not escape parameters: to get the same result you need to use rawParams; check that the parameter really is safe for HTML output. If the message is then output as HTML, you must use <code>escaped()</code> for <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Security_for_developers" title="Special:MyLanguage/Security for developers">security</a>: it will escape the parameters too and that's not always wanted, although it doesn't matter e.g. when the parameter is a number. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgForContent</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inContentLanguage</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">text</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>Get a message in the wiki's content language (<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLanguageCode" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLanguageCode">$wgLanguageCode</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgLanguageCode" title="Manual:$wgLanguageCode"> </a></span>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgForContentNoTrans</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inContentLanguage</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">plain</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>Get a message in the wiki's content language (<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLanguageCode" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgLanguageCode">$wgLanguageCode</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgLanguageCode" title="Manual:$wgLanguageCode"> </a></span>) but don't transform the message. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfEmptyMsg</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$message</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">wfMsgForContent</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMessage</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'key'</span> <span class="p">)</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">inContentLanguage</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">isBlank</span><span class="p">();</span></code></dd></dl> </td> <td>Checks if the 'key' message in the wiki's content language is empty. Often, <code>isDisabled()</code> is a more appropriate check and should be used instead. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nx">wfMsgReal</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$error</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'message'</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="nv">$error</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'params'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">);</span></code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code>?</code></dd></dl> </td> <td>There is no simple replacement, depends on parameters. Should never have been used in the first place. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Instead of: <dl><dd><code>wfMsgGetKey</code></dd></dl> <p>write: </p> <dl><dd><code>?</code></dd></dl> </td> <td>There is no simple replacement, depends on parameters. 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