Difference: TWikiVariables (74 vs. 75)

Revision 752004-03-17 - PeterThoeny

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META TOPICPARENT	name="WebHome"

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Parameter:	Description:	Default:
`"name"`	The name of a URL parameter	required
`default="..."`	Default value in case parameter is empty or missing	empty string

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newline="<br />" Convert newlines to other delimiters no conversion

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newline="<br />" Convert newlines in textarea to other delimiters no conversion

`encode="entity"`	Encode special characters into HTML entities, like a double quote into `"`. This is needed if text is put into an HTML form field	no encoding
`encode="url"`	Encode special characters for URL parameter use, like a double quote into `%22`	no encoding

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`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)

Example: %URLPARAM{"skin"}% returns print for a .../view/TWiki/TWikiVariables?skin=print URL. Is

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%GMTIME{"format"}%

Formatted GM time based on time variables.

Variable:	Unit:	Example

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$seconds	seconds	59
$minutes	minutes	59
$hours	hours	23
$day	day of month	31
$month	month in ISO format	Dec
$mo	2 digit month	12
$year	4 digit year	1999
$ye	2 digit year	99

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`$seconds`	seconds	59
`$minutes`	minutes	59
`$hours`	hours	23
`$day`	day of month	31
`$wday`	day of the Week (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat)	Thu
`$month`	month in ISO format	Dec
`$mo`	2 digit month	12
`$year`	4 digit year	1999
`$ye`	2 digit year	99
`$tz`	either "GMT" (if set to gmtime), or "Local" (if set to servertime)	GMT
`$iso`	ISO format timestamp	2025-08-06T09:43:07Z
`$rcs`	RCS format timestamp	2025/08/06 09:43:07
`$http`	E-mail & http format timestamp	Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:43:07 GMT

Variables can be shortened to 3 characters. Example:
%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}% is
06 Aug, 2025 - 09:43:07

`%SERVERTIME%`	Server time, is 2025-08-06 - 09:43
`%SERVERTIME{"format"}%`

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Formatted server time.
Example: %SERVERTIME{"$hou:$min"}% is 09:43

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Formatted server time. Same format qualifiers as `%GMTIME%` Example: `%SERVERTIME{"$hou:$min"}%` is 09:43
`%DISPLAYTIME%`	Display time, is 2025-08-06 - 09:43
`%DISPLAYTIME{"format"}%`	Formatted time - either GMT or Local server time, depending on setting in TWiki.cfg. Same format qualifiers as `%GMTIME%` Example: `%DISPLAYTIME{"$hou:$min"}%` is 09:43

%HTTP_HOST% HTTP_HOST environment variable, is muon.npl.washington.edu

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`excludetopic="Web*"` `excludetopic="WebHome, WebChanges"`	Exclude topics from search: A topic, a topic with asterisk wildcards, or a list of topics separated by comma.	None
`type="keyword"` `type="literal"` `type="regex"`	Do a keyword search like `soap "web service" -shampoo`; a literal search like `web service`; or RegularExpression search like `soap;web service;!shampoo`	`%SEARCHVAR- DEFAULTTYPE%` preferences setting
`scope="topic"` `scope="text"` `scope="all"`	Search topic name (title); the text (body) of topic; or all (both)	`"text"`

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`order="topic"` `order="modified"` `order="editby"` `order= "formfield(name)"`	Sort the results of search by the topic names, last modified time, last editor, or named field of TWikiForms	Sort by topic name
`limit="all"` `limit="16"`	Limit the number of results returned	All results

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`order="topic"` `order="created"` `order="modified"` `order="editby"` `order= "formfield(name)"`	Sort the results of search by the topic names, topic creation time, last modified time, last editor, or named field of TWikiForms. The sorting is done web by web; in case you want to sort across webs, create a formatted table and sort it with TablePlugin's initsort	Sort by topic name
`limit="all"` `limit="16"`	Limit the number of results returned. This is done after sorting in case `order` is specified	All results

`reverse="on"`	Reverse the direction of the search	Ascending search
`casesensitive="on"`	Case sensitive search	Ignore case
`nosummary="on"`	Show topic title only	Show topic summary

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`noheader="on"`	Suppress search header Topics: Changed: By:	Show search header
`nototal="on"`	Do not show number of topics found	Show number
`header="..."` `format="..."`	Custom format results: see FormattedSearch for usage, variables & examples	Results in table

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expandvariables="on" Expand variables before applying a FormattedSearch on a search hit. Useful to show the expanded text, e.g. to show the result of a SpreadSheetPlugin %CALC{}% instead of the formula Raw text

`multiple="on"`	Multiple hits per topic. Each hit can be formatted. The last token is used in case of a regular expression ";" and search	Only one hit per topic
`separator=", "`	Line separator between hits	Newline `"$n"`

Example: %SEARCH{"wiki" web="Main" scope="topic"}%

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- Set MYLOGO = %PUBURL%/TWiki/LogoTopic/mylogo.gif

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-- TWiki:Main.MikeMannix - 12 May 2002

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