ParseURL

A small MediaWiki extension that exposes PHP’s parse_url, so a wiki page can pull the host, path, or query out of a URL.

Status: Retired Deliberately ended.
Dates: Started Jul 15, 2013
Where: github.com/jthingelstad/ParseURL
Topics: MediaWiki
Latest evidence: Latest commit, Jul 15, 2013

ParseURL adds two parser functions to MediaWiki. {{#parseurl:}} returns one part of a URL, such as its scheme, host, path, query, or fragment, using PHP’s parse_url function. {{#parseurlquery:}} returns the value of a single query parameter, such as the video ID in a YouTube link.

I wrote it on July 15, 2013 and posted that I had “made a super simple MediaWiki extension for parsing URLs.” All three commits in the repository are from that day. The repository is archived.

Activity

3 commits, all by me, the first on Jul 15, 2013.

The latest weeks with activity

Week of Jul 15, 2013 3 commits, all by me

All activity, week by week. Who made each commit is from its author and co-author lines.

Sources and evidence

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jthingelstad/ParseURL implementation archived on GitHub

MediaWiki extension to allow easy parsing of URLs.
- Repository created Jul 15, 2013 (a development record, not a launch date)
- PHP
- Latest commit Jul 15, 2013; 0 commits on master between Jul 20, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026
- Observed Oct 18, 2026

Commits and publications per month, last twelve months.

History

Jul 15, 2013 launch A super simple URL parser for MediaWiki
I publish the ParseURL extension. Source