README.md

CategorieAccessRestriction

Idea based on Andrés Orencio Ramírez Pérez project on Mediawiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Restrict_access_by_category_and_group)

Installation

Using git clone

• Clone the extension in your MediaWiki extension folder

Using source files

• Create folder called CategorieAccessRestriction in your extension folder
• Copy all files in yout CategorieAccessRestriction folder

General

• Now edit LocalSettings.php and add the following lines

require_once("$IP/extensions/CategorieAccessRestriction/CategorieAccessRestriction.php");

• Now add the Pattern

$wgCARPattern = '//';

Usage

The $wgCARPattern is a RegEx pattern which matches the categories on a pages, and these matches are needed to the user to access the page, otherwise he will get a ACCESS DENIED. For example to match all groups starting with "CAR_":

'/CAR_/'

the pattern is case sensitive.