Available Actions

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Page actions are applied to wiki pages, as a query string appended to the URL. Security can be applied to all default actions, and script actions with one exception, but not diag actions, through the use of passwords.

Also documented are all other URL queries.

NOTE: All actions will be disabled if the following is set: 

    $EnableActions = 0;
    include('pmwiki.php');

This will initialize PmWiki (along with any configuration/customizations that are being made, e.g. from local/config.php), but won't actually perform any actions. The caller can then call the desired action or other functions as desired. This is available from Version 2.2.0-beta22 on up.

PmWiki Actions

See also site page actions.

?action=attr
displays dialog for setting/changing password of the specified page or group of pages, see passwords, see also $EnablePostAttrClearSession if you do not want to have the session cleared after validating change General use of passwords and login

?action=browse
display the specified page (default action if no ?action= is present)

?action=crypt
displays a form for generating hashed passwords out of clear text for usage in your config.php

?action=diff
show a change history of the specified page, see page history History of previous edits to a page

?action=download&upname=file.ext
retrieve the page's attachment named file.ext, see $EnableDirectDownload

?action=edit
edit the specified page, see basic editing PmWiki's basic edit syntax

?action=login
prompt visitor for username/password, by default using Site.AuthForm

?action=logout
remove author, password, and login information

?action=print
display the specified page using the skin specified by $ActionSkin['print']

?action=refcount
bring up the reference count form, which allows the user to generate a list of links (all, missing, existing or orphaned) in or from specified groups. See Ref Count Link references counts on pages . Part of the core distribution but must be enabled by the administrator.

?action=search
displays searchbox on current page, see search Targeting and customising search results
?action=search&q=searchterm
performs search with searchterm and displays results on current page
?action=search&q=link=pagename
performs backlinks search with ''pagename' and displays results on current page

?action=source
show page source

?action=atom
?action=rdf
?action=rss
?action=dc
If web feeds are enabled, returns a syndication feed based on the contents of the page or other options provided by the url, see web feeds Web feed notification of changes

?action=upload
display a form to upload an attachment for the current group, see uploads

Query string parameters

?from=page name
use when a page is redirected

?n=page name
display page

?setprefs=SomeGroup.CustomPreferences
sets cookie to custom preferences page. See site preferences Customisable browser setting preferences: Access keys, edit form

Actions enabled by $EnableDiag

The following actions are available only if you set $EnableDiag = 1; in your configuration file. They can be used for debugging and should not be set in a production environment.

?action=ruleset
displays a list of all markups in 4 columns:
  • column 1 = markup-name (1. parameter of markup() )
  • column 2 = when will rule apply (2. parameter of markup() )
  • column 3 = PmWiki's internal sort key (derived from #2)
  • column 4 = Debug backtrace information for potentially incompatible rules (filename, line number, pattern)
(see Custom Markup Using the Markup() function for custom wiki syntax ).
To see more than what ?action=ruleset gives you, apply the Cookbook:MarkupRulesetDebugging recipe: it can also show the pattern and the replacement strings.
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

?action=phpinfo
displays the output of phpinfo() and exits. no page will be processed
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

?action=diag
displays a dump of all global vars and exits. no page will be processed
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

Actions enabled by PmWiki Scripts

?action=analyze
see Site Analyzer and Analyze Results

?action=approvesites
see Url approvals Require approval of Url links
  • doesn't make use of PmWiki's authorization mechanisms.

Actions enabled by Cookbook recipes

(more information about Custom Actions)

?action=admin
see Cookbook:UserAuth2
?action=backup
see Cookbook:BackupPages
?action=clearsky
see Cookbook:SearchCloud
?action=comment
see Cookbook:CommentBox
?action=comments
see Cookbook:Comments
?action=comment-rss
see Cookbook:CommentDb
?action=convert
see Cookbook:ROEPatterns
?action=converttable
Cookbook:ConvertTable
?action=copy
see Cookbook:MovePage
?action=csv
see CSVAction?
?action=downloaddeleted
?action=delattach
?action=delattach
?action=deldelattach
?action=fileinfo
?action=thumbnail
?action=undelattach
Cookbook:Attachtable
?action=delete
see Cookbook:DeleteAction
?action=discuss
see Cookbook:DiscussionTab
?action=downloadman
see Cookbook:DownloadManager
?action=expirediff
see Cookbook:ExpireDiff
?action=import
see Cookbook:ImportText
?action=move
see Cookbook:MovePage
?action=PageUrl
see Cookbook:CommentBoxPlus
?action=pageindex
see Cookbook:ListCategories
?action=pdf
see Cookbook:GeneratePDF or Cookbook:PmWiki2PDF
?action=postupload2
see Cookbook:UploadForm
?action=publish
see Cookbook:PublishPDF
?action=purgeqns
see Cookbook:ASCIIMath
?action=pwchange
see Cookbook:UserAuth2
?action=imgtpl
(the imgtpl action is called automatically and should not be called by a link in a wiki page)
?action=createthumb
(the createthumb action is called automatically and should not be called by a link in a wiki page)
?action=mini
(this action is called automatically and should not be called by a link in a wiki page)
?action=purgethumbs
see Cookbook:ThumbList
see Cookbook:Mini
?action=recipecheck
see Cookbook:RecipeCheck
?action=regen
see Cookbook:PageRegenerate
?action=rename
?action=links
see Cookbook:RenamePage
?action=share
?action=unshare
see Cookbook:SharedPages
?action=sitemapaddgroups
?action=sitemapupdate
see Cookbook:Sitemapper
?action=totalcounter
see Cookbook:TotalCounter
?action=trash
?action=untrash
see Cookbook:Trash
?action=webadmin
see Cookbook:WebAdmin
?action=zap
see Cookbook:ZAP

Query string parameters enabled by Cookbook recipes

?color=colorscheme

:?setcolor=colorscheme

?skintheme=theme
?setskintheme=theme
see Cookbook:ChoiceColorChanger {Cookbook/ChoiceColorChanger $:Summary}
?skin=skinname
?setskin=skinname
see SkinChange

Custom actions


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