Author: lambdav
Description:
Sometimes we get parameter containing space character in their value. For example: MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer using $1 for the user name when this user name contain a space character.
When this value need to be in an external link, there is no possibility to create the correct link :
Version: 1.12.x
Severity: enhancement
lambdav wrote:
It's not about literal links, but using $1 :
example:
[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=$1&dbname=frwikibooks_p Statistiques détaillées]
where $1 is replaced by MediaWiki with the username, and this username contains a space character
robchur wrote:
There should be a URL-encoding parser function for this purpose, either {{urlencode}} or {{#urlencode}} (can't remember which).
lambdav wrote:
I already tried {{urlencode:$1}} -> %241
and some other solutions, all failed.
See the history of MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer [http://fr.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer&action=history]