Extension:SelectTag

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
SelectTag; Release status: stable
Implementation	Parser function
Description	Adds customisable ‎<select> for inserting text via database fetching.
Author(s)	Khaled El Mansourytalk
Latest version	1.2.0 (2022-11-05)
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
Database changes	No
	Parameters $wgSelectTag
	Tags ‎<select>
	Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball; ; README
Example	ExpressProgs TestWiki
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The SelectTag extension that can be used for embedding any kind of text (incl. HTML) into a wiki page via a new tag ‎<select> tag. It selects the data to be displayed from a database table in the same database as MediaWiki is installed in.

It is fully customisable via the LocalSettings.php file to include as many attributes as needed.

Installation

Download and move the extracted SelectTag folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/SelectTag
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'SelectTag' );
```
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

LocalSettings.php

$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ '_dbname' ] = 'exampletbl';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ 'attr1' ] = 'field1';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ 'attr2' ] = 'field2';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ 'attr3' ] = 'field3';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ '_show' ][ 'show1' ] = 'field4';
$wgSelectTag[ 'examplesource' ][ '_showDefault' ] = 'show1';

Page

<select _source="examplesource" arr1="value1" arr2="value2" arr3="value3" _show="show1" />

Resulting SQL query

SELECT field1, field2, field3 FROM exampletbl
WHERE arr1='value1' AND arr2='value2' AND arr3='value3';