Thanks a lot for the response. My script runs fine as a standalone
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Jon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't need to do anything to "activate" an extension. Once you've added > the requisite line to LocalSettings.php (ex: > require_once("$IP/extensions/MyExtension/MyExtension.php"); ), the next > time you load a page on the wiki, your extension is there. You can check on > [[Special:Version]] of your install, as it shows all installed extensions > there. > > If it isn't listed in Special:Version, then you probably either A) don't > have your LocalSettings.php correct or B) Have a coding error in your > extension. > > -Jon > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 17:30, Alok Watve <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I am a total n00b to mediaWiki. I am writing a new extension to >> dynamically generate an SVG file. I have written the extension and >> copied the files in the right places. >> But mediaWiki does not seem to pick up my extension. DO I need to >> restart the apache server or something like that in order to make sure >> my change in LocalSettings.php is picked up. >> >> What I don't understand (and I do not think is documented very well ) >> is how does mediawiki know that the file LocalSettings.php has changed >> and needs to be re-loaded. >> >> Alok >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > -- > Jon > [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ > http://snowulf.com/ > http://ipv6wiki.net/ > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
