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URLPARAM{"name"} -- get value of a URL parameter

  • Returns the value of a URL parameter.
  • Syntax: %URLPARAM{"name"}%
  • Supported parameters:
    Parameter: Description:Sorted ascending Default:
    newline="<br />" Convert newlines in textarea to other delimiters no conversion
    default="..." Default value in case parameter is empty or missing empty string
    encode="url" Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into %22 no encoding
    encode="entity" Encode special characters into HTML entities. See ENCODE for more details. no encoding
    multiple="on"
    multiple="[[$item]]"
    If set, gets all selected elements of a <select multiple="multiple"> tag. A format can be specified, with $item indicating the element, e.g. multiple="Option: $item" first element
    separator=", " Separator between multiple selections. Only relevant if multiple is specified "\n" (new line)
    "name" The name of a URL parameter required
  • Example: %URLPARAM{"skin"}% returns print for a .../view/TWiki/VarURLPARAM?skin=print URL
  • ALERT! Note: URL parameters passed into HTML form fields must be entity ENCODEd
  • ALERT! Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
  • ALERT! Note: There is a risk that this variable could be misused for cross-site scripting.
  • Related: ENCODE, SEARCH, FormattedSearch, QUERYSTRING

USERINFO - retrieve details about the logged in user

  • By default, the retrieved info will be formatted as a comma-separated list comprising the username, wikiusername, and emails.
  • Syntax: %USERINFO%
  • Expands to: =guest, WikiGuest, =
  • you can also use the format parameter to get different formatted results:
  • Syntax: %USERINFO{format="$username is really $wikiname"}%
  • Expands to guest is really WikiGuest
  • The tokens $emails, $username, $wikiname, $wikiusername, and $groups are available for use in the format string.
  • Related: USERNAME, WIKINAME, WIKIUSERNAME, TWikiUserAuthentication, ChangeEmailAddress
Topic revision: r1 - 27 March 2005, TWikiContributor
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