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== PHP scripts in MediaWiki pages ==

Hey guys. I'm a sysop at a small wiki called "[[wikicities:c:N:Main Page|N at Wikicites]]" (InterWiki prefix: wikicities:c:N:). This wiki is about a game called N. It has 500 levels in 100 episodes and every level and episode has its own highscore. It's nearly impossible to manage this huge amount of highscores manually so I thought about a PHP script to read the highscores from a database server.

I tried a small Hello World PHP script in the sandbox of the german Wikipedia but it didn't work. The code <?php echo "Hello World..." ?> was displayed instead of the expected output (Hello World...). A nowiki section didn't solve the problems. What can I do?

-- [[wikicities:c:N:User:Lord of Destiny|Lord of Destiny]] -- [[User:80.184.190.34|80.184.190.34]] 18:39, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

:Allowing execution of arbitrary PHP code from within a wiki page would be a major security hole, hence it isn't permitted. You might find it's possible to [[writing your own MediaWiki extension|write an extension]] to do what's needed, and persuade Wikia to install it for your wiki. [[User:Robchurch|Rob Church]] ([[User_talk:Robchurch|talk]]) 18:09, 10 April 2006 (UTC)