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TheParserFunctions extension provides additionalparser functions to supplement the "magic words", which are already present in MediaWiki.(Itmay be configured to provide additional parser functions for string handling; these string functions are documentedelsewhere.)All the parser functions provided by this extension take the form:

{{#functionname:argument 1 |argument 2 |argument 3 ... }}

This function evaluates a mathematical expression and returns the calculated value.This function is also available inScribunto via themw.ext.ParserFunctions.expr function.

{{#expr:expression }}

Basic example

{{#expr: 1 + 1}} →2

The available operators are listed to the right, in order of precedence. SeeManual:Expr parser function syntax for more details of the function of each operator.The accuracy and format of the result returned will vary depending on the operating system of the server running the wiki and the number format of the site language.

When evaluating usingboolean algebra, zero evaluates tofalse, and any nonzero value, positive or negative, evaluates totrue:

{{#expr: 1 and -1}} →1

{{#expr: 1 and 0}} →0

{{#expr: 1 or -1}} →1

{{#expr: -1 or 0}} →1

{{#expr: 0 or 0}} →0

An empty input expression returns an empty string. Invalid expressions return one of several error messages, which can be caught using the#iferror function:

{{#expr:}} →

{{#expr: 1+}} →Expression error: Missing operand for +.

{{#expr: 1 =}} →Expression error: Missing operand for =.

{{#expr: 1 foo 2}} →Expression error: Unrecognized word "foo".

The order of addition and subtraction operands before or after a number is meaningful and may be treated as a positive or negative value instead of as an operand with an erroneous input:

{{#expr: +1}} →1

{{#expr: -1}} →-1

{{#expr: + 1}} →1

{{#expr: - 1}} →-1

Note, if using the output of magic words, you must raw-format them in order to remove commas and translate the numerals.For example, {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} results in 18,134,153, where we want 18134153, which can be obtained using{{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}|R}}.This is especially important in some languages, where numerals are translated.For example, in Bengali, {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} produces ৩০,০৬১.

{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}+100}} →Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".

{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}|R}}+100}} →18134253

Warning:

The operatormod gives wrong results for some values of the second argument: {{#expr: 123 mod (2^64-1)}} →Division by zero. (produces an empty string; should be 123)

Rounds off the number on the left to a multiple of 1/10 raised to a power, with the exponent equal to the truncated value of the number given on the right.

To round up or down use unaryceil orfloor respectively.

Test case	Result	Method of rounding
{{#expr: 1/3 round 5 }}	0.33333	Final digit is < 5, so no apparent rounding occurs (0.333333… → 0.33333)
{{#expr: 1/6 round 5 }}	0.16667	Final digit is ≥ 5, so it is rounded up (0.166666… → 0.16667)
{{#expr: 8.99999/9 round 5 }}	1	Again, the result is rounded up on the last digit, which results in additional rounding (0.999998… → 1.00000 → 1)
{{#expr: 1234.5678round -2 }}	1200	Rounded to nearest 100 because negative values round to the left of the decimal point
{{#expr: 1234.5678round 2 }}	1234.57	Rounded to nearest 100th because positive values round to the right of the decimal point
{{#expr: 1234.5678 round 2.3 }}	1234.57	Decimals in the rounding index make no difference in the rounded result
{{#expr:trunc 1234.5678 }}	1234	Decimal portion truncated (chopped off)
Rounding to the nearest integer
{{#expr: 1/3round 0 }}	0	Down to thenearest integer, which is zero
{{#expr: 1/2round 0 }}	1	Up to the nearest integer, which is one
{{#expr: 3/4round 0 }}	1	Up to the nearest integer, which is one
{{#expr: -1/3round 0 }}	-0	Up to the nearest integer, which is zero
{{#expr: -1/2round 0 }}	-1	Down to the nearest integer, which is negative one
{{#expr: -3/4round 0 }}	-1	Down to the nearest integer, which is negative one
Rounding up or down withceil andfloor
{{#expr:ceil(1/3) }}	1	Up to the nextlarger integer, which is one
{{#expr:floor(1/3) }}	0	Down to the nextsmaller integer, which is zero
{{#expr:ceil(-1/3) }}	-0	Up to the next larger integer, which is zero
{{#expr:floor(-1/3) }}	-1	Down to the next smaller integer, which is negative one
{{#expr:ceil 1/3 }}	0.33333333333333	Not rounded, since 1 already is an integer Warning: Interpreted as(ceil 1)/3, notceil(1/3), as you might expect
Rounding large numbers
{{#expr: 1e-92 round 400 }}	1.0E-92	Rounding to a very large number leads to infinity. Hence, the original value without the infinity is given as the answer.
{{#expr: 1e108 round 200 }}	1.0E+108	Same as above.

Expressions only work with number-like values, they cannot compare strings or characters.#ifeq can be used instead.

{{#expr: "a" = "a"}} →Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character """.

{{#expr: a = a}} →Expression error: Unrecognized word "a".

{{#ifeq: a| a| 1| 0}} →1

This function evaluates a test string and determines whether or not it is empty. A test string containing only white space is considered to be empty.

{{#if: test string| value if test string is not empty| value if test string is empty (or only white space)}}

{{#if: first parameter| second parameter| third parameter}}

This function first tests whether the first parameter is not empty. If the first parameter is not empty, the function displays the second argument. If the first parameter is empty or contains only whitespace characters (spaces, newlines, etc.) it displays the third argument.

{{#if:| yes| no}} →no

{{#if: string| yes| no}} →yes

{{#if:    | yes| no}} →no

{{#if:| yes| no}} →no

The test string is always interpreted as pure text, so mathematical expressions are not evaluated (see#ifexpr for that):

{{#if: 1==2| yes| no}} →yes

{{#if: 0| yes| no}} →yes

The last parameter (false) may be omitted:

{{#if: foo| yes}} → yes

{{#if:| yes}} →

{{#if: foo|| no}} →

The function may be nested. To do so, nest the inner#if function in its full form in place of a parameter of the enclosing#if function. Up to seven levels of nesting is possible, although that may depend on the wiki or a memory limit.

{{#if:test string|value if test string is not empty|{{#if:test string|value if test string is not empty|value if test string is empty (or only white space)}}}}

You can also use a parameter as the test string in your#if statement. You need to ensure you add the| (pipe symbol) after the name of the variable.(So that if the parameter does not have a value, it evaluates to an empty string instead of the string "{{{1}}}".)

{{#if:{{{1|}}}|You entered text in variable 1|There is no text in variable 1}}

SeeHelp:Parser functions in templates for more examples of this parser function.

This parser function compares two input strings, determines whether they are identical, and returns one of two strings based on the result.If more comparisons and output strings are required, consider using#switch.

{{#ifeq:string 1 |string 2 |value if identical |value if different }}

If both strings are valid numerical values, the strings are compared numerically:

{{#ifeq: 01| 1| equal| not equal}} →equal

{{#ifeq: 0| -0| equal| not equal}} →equal

{{#ifeq: 1e3| 1000| equal| not equal}} →equal

{{#ifeq:{{#expr:10^3}}| 1000| equal| not equal}} →equal

Otherwise, the comparison is made as text; this comparison is case-sensitive:

{{#ifeq: foo| bar| equal| not equal}} →not equal

{{#ifeq: foo| Foo| equal| not equal}} →not equal

{{#ifeq: "01"| "1"| equal| not equal}} →not equal  (compare to similar example above, without the quotes)

{{#ifeq: 10^3| 1000| equal| not equal}} →not equal  (compare to similar example above, with#expr returning a valid number first)

As a practical example, consider an existingtemplateTemplate:Timer using the parser to choose between two standard times, short and long.It takes the parameter as the first input to compare against the string "short" – there is no convention for the order, but it is simpler to read if the parameter goes first.The template code is defined as:

{{#ifeq:{{{1|}}}| short| 20| 40}}

the following ensue:

{{timer|short}} →20

{{timer|20}} →40

{{timer}} →40

Warning:

When used inside a parser function, any parser tags and other parser functions must be temporarily replaced witha unique code. This affects comparisons: {{#ifeq: <nowiki>foo</nowiki> | <nowiki>foo</nowiki> | equal | not equal}} →not equal {{#ifeq: <math>foo</math> | <math>foo</math> | equal | not equal}} →not equal {{#ifeq: {{#tag:math|foo}} | {{#tag:math|foo}} | equal | not equal}} →not equal {{#ifeq:[[foo]]|[[foo]]| equal| not equal}} →equal If the strings to be compared are given as equal calls to the sametemplate containing such tags, then the condition is true, but in the case of two templates with identical content containing such tags it is false.

Warning:

Literal comparisons topage-name magic words may fail depending on site configuration. For example, {{FULLPAGENAME}}, depending on wiki, may capitalize the first letter, and will replace all underscores with spaces. To work around this, apply the magic word to both parameters: {{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME: L'Aquila}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}| equal| not equal}} →equal

This function takes an input string and returns one of two results; the function evaluates totrue if the input string contains an HTML object withclass="error", as generated by other parser functions such as#expr,#time and#rel2abs,template errors such as loops and recursions, and other "failsoft" parser errors.

{{#iferror:test string |value if error |value if correct }}

One or both of the return strings can be omitted. If thecorrect string is omitted, thetest string is returned if it is not erroneous. If theerror string is also omitted, an empty string is returned on an error:

{{#iferror:{{#expr: 1 + 2}}| error| correct}} →correct

{{#iferror:{{#expr: 1 + X}}| error| correct}} →error

{{#iferror:{{#expr: 1 + 2}}| error}} →3

{{#iferror:{{#expr: 1 + X}}| error}} →error

{{#iferror:{{#expr: 1 + 2}}}} →3

{{#iferror:{{#expr: 1 + X}}}} →‌

{{#iferror:{{#expr: .}}| error| correct}} →correct

{{#iferror:<strongclass="error">a</strong>| error| correct}} →error

Some errors may cause a tracking category to be added, using{{#iferror:}} will not suppress the addition of the category.

This function evaluates a mathematical expression and returns one of two strings depending on the boolean value of the result:

{{#ifexpr:expression |value if true |value if false }}

Theexpression input is evaluated exactly as for#expr above, with the same operators being available. The output is then evaluated as a boolean expression.

An empty input expression evaluates tofalse:

{{#ifexpr:| yes| no}} →no

As mentioned above, zero evaluates tofalse and any nonzero value evaluates totrue, so this function is equivalent to one using#ifeq and#expr only:

{{#ifeq: {{#expr:expression }} | 0 |value if false |value if true }}

except for an empty or wrong input expression (an error message is treated as an empty string; it is not equal to zero, so we getvalue if true).

{{#ifexpr: =| yes| no}} →Expression error: Unexpected = operator.

comparing

{{#ifeq:{{#expr: =}}| 0| no| yes}} → yes

Either or both of the return values may be omitted; no output is given when the appropriate branch is left empty:

{{#ifexpr: 1 > 0| yes}} →yes

{{#ifexpr: 1 < 0| yes}} →

{{#ifexpr: 0 = 0| yes}} → yes

{{#ifexpr: 1 > 0|| no}} →

{{#ifexpr: 1 < 0|| no}} → no

{{#ifexpr: 1 > 0}} →

Boolean operators of equality or inequality operators are supported.

{{#ifexpr: 0 = 0 or 1 = 0| yes}} →yes

{{#ifexpr: 0 = 0 and 1 = 0|| no}} →no

{{#ifexpr: 2 > 0 or 1 < 0| yes}} →yes

{{#ifexpr: 2 > 0 and 1 > 0| yes| no}} →yes

Warning:

The results of numerical comparisons with#ifexpr do not always match those of#ifeq and#switch. These latter two are more accurate than#ifexpr, and so may not return equivalent results. Consider these comparisons with the final digit changed: {{#ifeq: 12345678901234567| 12345678901234568| equal| not equal}} →not equal {{#switch: 12345678901234567| 12345678901234568= equal| not equal}} →not equal Because PHP used in#ifeq and#switch compares two numbers of type integer, it returns the expected result correctly.Whereas with#ifexpr and the same numbers: {{#ifexpr: 12345678901234567 = 12345678901234568| equal| not equal}} →equal With the different digit, the result of equal is actually incorrect. This behaviour in#ifexpr is caused because MediaWiki converts literal numbers in expressions to type float, which, for large integers like these, involves rounding.

This function takes an input string, interprets it as a page title, and returns one of two values depending on whether or not the page exists on the local wiki.

{{#ifexist:page title |value if exists |value if doesn't exist }}

The function evaluates totrue if the page exists, whether it contains content, is visibly blank (contains meta-data such as category links ormagic words, but no visible content), is blank, or is aredirect. Only pages that are redlinked evaluate tofalse, including if the page used to exist but has been deleted.

{{#ifexist: Help:Extension:ParserFunctions | exists | doesn't exist }} →exists

{{#ifexist: XXHelp:Extension:ParserFunctionsXX | exists | doesn't exist }} →doesn't exist

The function evaluates totrue forsystem messages that have been customized, and forspecial pages that are defined by the software.

{{#ifexist: Special:Watchlist | exists | doesn't exist }} →exists

{{#ifexist: Special:CheckUser | exists | doesn't exist }} →exists (because theCheckuser extension is installed on this wiki)

{{#ifexist: MediaWiki:Copyright | exists | doesn't exist }} →doesn't exist (becauseMediaWiki:Copyright has not been customized)

Prior to MediaWiki 1.45 if a page checks a target using#ifexist:, then that page will appear in theSpecial:WhatLinksHere list for the target page.So if the code{{#ifexist:Foo }} were included live on this page (Help:Extension:ParserFunctions),Special:WhatLinksHere/Foo will list Help:Extension:ParserFunctions.

On wikis using a shared media repository,#ifexist: can be used to check if a file has been uploaded to the repository but not to the wiki itself:

{{#ifexist: File:Example.png | exists | doesn't exist }} →doesn't exist

{{#ifexist: Image:Example.png | exists | doesn't exist }} →doesn't exist

{{#ifexist: Media:Example.png | exists | doesn't exist }} →exists

If a local description page has been created for the file, the result isexists for all of the above.

#ifexist: does not work with interwiki links.

#ifexist: is considered an "expensive parser function"; only a limited number of which can be included on any one page (including functions inside transcluded templates).When this limit is exceeded, any further#ifexist: functions automatically return false, whether the target page exists or not, and the page is categorized intoCategory:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls.The name of thetracking category may vary depending on the content language of your wiki.

For some use cases it is possible to emulate the ifexist effect with css, by using the selectorsa.new (to select links to nonexistent pages) ora:not(.new) (to select links to existing pages).Furthermore, since the number of expensive parser functions that can be used on a single page is controlled by$wgExpensiveParserFunctionLimit, one can also increase the limit in LocalSettings.php if needed.

Prior to MediaWiki 1.45, a page that does not exist and is tested for using #ifexist will end up on theWanted Pages.SeeT14019 for the reason, andw:Template:Linkless exists for a workaround.

This function converts a relative file path into an absolute filepath.

{{#rel2abs:path }}

{{#rel2abs:path |base path }}

Within thepath input, the following syntax is valid:

• . → the current level
• .. → go up one level
• /foo → go down one level into the subdirectory /foo

If thebase path is not specified, the full page name of the page will be used instead:

{{#rel2abs: /quok | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Help:Foo/bar/baz/quok

{{#rel2abs: ./quok | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Help:Foo/bar/baz/quok

{{#rel2abs: ../quok | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Help:Foo/bar/quok

{{#rel2abs: ../. | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Help:Foo/bar

Invalid syntax, such as/. or/./, is ignored.Since no more than two consecutive full stops are permitted, sequences such as these can be used to separate successive statements:

{{#rel2abs: ../quok/. | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Help:Foo/bar/quok

{{#rel2abs: ../../quok | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Help:Foo/quok

{{#rel2abs: ../../../quok | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →quok

{{#rel2abs: ../../../../quok | Help:Foo/bar/baz }} →Error: Invalid depth in path: "Help:Foo/bar/baz/../../../../quok" (tried to access a node above the root node).

For a similar group of functions see alsoHelp:Magic words#URL data.Built-in parser functions include: 'localurl:', 'fullurl:', 'anchorencode:' etc.

See also:w:Help:Switch parser function

This function compares one input value against several test cases, returning an associated string if a match is found.

{{#switch:comparison string |case =result |case =result |... |case =result |default result}}

Examples:

{{#switch: baz| foo= Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Baz

{{#switch: foo| foo= Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Foo

{{#switch: zzz| foo= Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Bar

#switch with partial transclusion tags can affect a configuration file that enables an editor unfamiliar with template coding to view and edit configurable elements.

Thedefault result is returned if nocase string matches thecomparison string:

{{#switch: test| foo= Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Bar

In this syntax, the default result must be the last parameter and must not contain a raw equals sign (an equals sign without{{}}).If it does, it will be treated as a case comparison, and no text will display if no cases match.This is because the default value has not been defined (is empty).If a case matches however, its associated string will be returned.

{{#switch: test| Bar| foo= Foo| baz= Baz}} →

{{#switch: test| foo= Foo| baz= Baz| B=ar}} →

{{#switch: test| test= Foo| baz= Baz| B=ar}} → Foo

Alternatively, the default result may be explicitly declared with acase string of "#default".

{{#switch:comparison string |case =result |case =result |... |case =result | #default =default result}}

Default results declared in this way may be placed anywhere within the function:

{{#switch: test| foo= Foo| #default= Bar| baz= Baz}} → Bar

If thedefault parameter is omitted and no match is made, noresult is returned:

{{#switch: test| foo= Foo| baz= Baz}} →

It is possible to have 'fall through' values, where severalcase strings return the sameresult string. This minimizes duplication.

{{#switch:comparison string |case1 =result1 |case2  |case3  |case4 =result234 |case5 =result5 |case6  |case7 =result67 | #default =default result}}

Here cases 2, 3 and 4 all returnresult234; cases 6 and 7 both returnresult67.The "#default =" in the last parameter may be omitted in the above case.

The function may be used with parameters as the test string.In this case, it is not necessary to place the pipe after the parameter name, because it is very unlikely that you will choose to set a case to be the string "{{{parameter name}}}".(This is the value the parameter will default to if the pipe is absent and the parameter doesn't exist or have a value.SeeHelp:Parser functions in templates.)

{{#switch:{{{1}}}| foo= Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}}

In the above case, if{{{1}}} equalsfoo, the function will returnFoo.If it equalsbaz, the function will returnBaz.If the parameter is empty or does not exist, the function will returnBar.

As in the section above, cases can be combined to give a single result.

{{#switch:{{{1}}}| foo| zoo| roo= Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}}

Here, if{{{1}}} equalsfoo,zoo orroo, the function will returnFoo.If it equalsbaz, the function will returnBaz.If the parameter is empty or does not exist, the function will returnBar.

Additionally, the default result can be omitted if you do not wish to return anything if the test parameter value does not match any of the cases.

{{#switch:{{{1}}}| foo= Foo| bar= Bar}}

In this case, the function returns an empty string unless{{{1}}} exists and equalsfoo orbar, in which case it returnsFoo orBar, respectively.

This has the same effect as declaring the default result as empty.

{{#switch:{{{1}}}| foo| zoo| roo= Foo| baz= Baz|}}

If you decide to set a case as "{{{parameter name}}}", the function will return that case's result when the parameter doesn't exist or doesn't have a value.The parameter would have to exist and have a value other than the string "{{{parameter name}}}" to return the function's default result.

(when{{{1}}} doesn't exist or is empty):

{{#switch:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}} = Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Foo

(when{{{1}}} has the value "test"):

{{#switch:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}} = Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Bar

(when{{{1}}} has the value "{{{1}}}"):

{{#switch:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}} = Foo| baz= Baz| Bar}} → Foo

In this hypothetical case, you would need to add the pipe to the parameter ({{{1|}}}).

As with#ifeq, the comparison is made numerically if both the comparison string and the case string being tested are numeric; or as a case-sensitive string otherwise:

{{#switch: 0 + 1| 1= one| 2= two| three}} →three

{{#switch:{{#expr: 0 + 1}}| 1= one| 2= two| three}} →one

{{#switch: 02| +1= one| +2= two| three}} →two

{{#switch: 100| 1e1= ten| 1e2= hundred| other}} →hundred

{{#switch: a| a= A| b= B| C}} →A

{{#switch: A| a= A| b= B| C}} →C

Acase string may be empty:

{{#switch:|= Nothing| foo= Foo| Something}} →Nothing

Once a match is found, subsequentcases are ignored:

{{#switch: b| f= Foo| b= Bar| b= Baz|}} →Bar

Warning:

Numerical comparisons with#switch and#ifeq are not equivalent to comparisons in expressions (see also above): {{#switch: 12345678901234567| 12345678901234568= A| B}} →B {{#ifexpr: 12345678901234567 = 12345678901234568| A| B}} →A

"Case" strings cannot contain raw equals signs. To work around this, use the{{=}} magic word, or replace equals sign with HTML code=.

Example:

{{#switch: 1=2| 1=2 = raw| 1<nowiki>=</nowiki>2 = nowiki| 1{{=}}2 = template| default}}

{{#switch: 1=2| 1=2= html| default}}

#switch can be used to reduceexpansion depth.

For example:

• {{#switch:{{{1}}}|condition1=branch1|condition2=branch2|condition3=branch3|branch4}}

is equivalent to

• {{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition1|branch1|{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition2|branch2|{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition3|branch3|branch4}}}}}}

i.e. deep nesting, linear:

{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition1|<!--then-->branch1|<!--else-->{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition2|<!--then-->branch2|<!--else-->{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition3|<!--then-->branch3|<!--else-->branch4}}}}}}

On the other hand, the switch replacement could be complicated/impractical for IFs nested in both branches (shown with alternatives of indentation, indented on both sides), making full symmetrical tree:

{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition1|<!--then-->branch1t{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition2|<!--then-->branch1t2t{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition4|<!--then-->branch1t2t4t|<!--else-->branch1t2t4e}}|<!--else-->branch1t2e{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition5|<!--then-->branch1t2e5t|<!--else-->branch1t2e5e}}}}|<!--else-->branch1e{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition3|<!--then-->branch1e3t{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition6|branch1e3t6t|branch1e3t6e}}|<!--else-->branch1e3e{{#ifeq:{{{1}}}|condition7|branch1e3e7t|branch1e3e7t}}}}}}

Code	Description	Current output (Purge this page's cache to update)
Year
Y	4-digit year.	2025
y	2-digit year.	25
L	1 if it's a leap year, 0 if not.	0
o[note 1]	ISO-8601 year of the specified week.[note 2]	2025[note 3]
↑Requires PHP 5.1.0 and newer andrev:45208. ↑This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. ↑Will output literalo if note 1 not fulfilled.
Month
n	Month index, not zero-padded.	7
m	Month index, zero-padded.	07
M	An abbreviation of the month name, in the site language.	Jul
F	The full month name in the site language.	July
xg	Output the full month name in thegenitive form for site languages that distinguish between genitive andnominative forms. This option is useful for manySlavic languages like Polish, Russian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Ukrainian, etc.	For Polish: {{#time:F Y|June 2010|pl}} → czerwiec 2010 (nominative) {{#time:d xg Y|20 June 2010|pl}} → 20 czerwca 2010 (genitive)
Day of the month or the year
j	Day of the month, not zero-padded.	12
d	Day of the month, zero-padded.	12
z	Day of the year (January 1 = 0).  Note: To get the ISO day of the year add 1.	192
Week and day of the week
W	ISO 8601 week number, zero-padded.	28
N	ISO 8601 day of the week (Monday = 1, Sunday = 7).	6
w	Number of the day of the week (Sunday = 0, Saturday = 6).	6
D	An abbreviation for the day of the week. Rarely internationalized.	Sat
l	The full weekday name. Rarely internationalized.	Saturday
Hour
a	"am" during the morning (00:00:00 → 11:59:59), "pm" otherwise (12:00:00 → 23:59:59).	pm
A	Uppercase version ofa above.	PM
g	Hour in 12-hour format, not zero-padded.	5
h	Hour in 12-hour format, zero-padded.	05
G	Hour in 24-hour format, not zero-padded.	17
H	Hour in 24-hour format, zero-padded.	17
Minutes and seconds
i	Minutes past the hour, zero-padded.	59
s	Seconds past the minute, zero-padded.	01
U	Unix time. Seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT.	1752343141
Timezone (as of1.22wmf2)
e	Timezone identifier.	UTC
I	Whether or not the date is in daylight savings time.	0
O	Difference to Greenwich time (GMT)	+0000
P	Difference to Greenwich time (GMT), with colon	+00:00
T	Timezone abbreviation.	UTC
Z	Timezone offset in seconds.	0
Miscellaneous
t	Number of days in the current month.	31
c	ISO 8601 formatted date, equivalent toY-m-d"T"H:i:s+00:00.	2025-07-12T17:59:01+00:00
r	RFC 5322 formatted date, equivalent toD, j M Y H:i:s +0000, with weekday name and month name not internationalized.	Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:59:01 +0000
Non-Gregorian calendars
Islamic
xmj	Day of the month.	16
xmF	Full month name.	Muharram
xmn	Month index.	1
xmY	Full year.	1447
Iranian (Jalaly)
xit	Number of days in the month.	31
xiz	Day of the year.	113
xij	Day of the month.	21
xiF	Full month name.	Tir
xin	Month index.	4
xiY	Full year.	1404
xiy	2-digit year.	04
Hebrew
xjj	Day of the month.	16
xjF	Full month name.	Tamuz
xjt	Number of days in month.	29
xjx	Genitive form of the month name.	Tamuz
xjn	Month number.	10
xjY	Full year.	5785
Thai solar
xkY	Full year inThai solar calendar.  Note: For years before 1941 the dates in Jan-Mar range are notcalculated properly.	2568
Minguo/Juche year
xoY	Full year.	114
Japanese nengo
xtY	Full year.	令和7
Flags
xn	Format the next numeric code as a raw ASCII number.	In the Hindi language,{{#time:H, xnH}} produces ०६, 06.
xN	Likexn, but as a toggled flag, which endures until the end of the string or until the next appearance ofxN in the string.
xr	Format the next number as a roman numeral. Only works for numbers up to 10,000 (up to 3,000 in pre MediaWiki 1.20).	{{#time:xrY}} → MMXXV
xh	Format the next number as a Hebrew numeral.	{{#time:xhY}} → ב'כ"ה

This parser function takes a date and/or time (in the Gregorian calendar) and formats it according to the syntax given. A date/time object can be specified; the default is the value of themagic word{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} – that is, the time the page was last rendered into HTML.

{{#time:format string }}

{{#time:format string |date/time object }}

{{#time:format string |date/time object |language code }}

{{#time:format string |date/time object |language code |local }}

The list of accepted formatting codes is given in the table to the right.Any character in the formatting string that is not recognized is passed through unaltered; this applies also to blank spaces (the system does not need them for interpreting the codes).If no character is recognized in the formatting string, and the date/time object is without error, then the formatting string is returned as output.There are also two ways to escape characters within the formatting string:

1. A backslash followed by a formatting character is interpreted as a single literal character
2. Characters enclosed in double quotes are considered literal characters, and the quotes are removed.

In addition, the digraphxx is interpreted as a single literal "x".

As the list of formatting codes continues to evolve (with the support of new calendars, or of new date fields computed and formatted differently), you should escape all literal characters (not just ASCII letters currently used by formatting codes) that need to be passed through unaltered.

Unfortunately, for now, the ASCII single quote is still not recognized as a simple alternative for marking literal text to the currently supported ASCII double quotes (for example, double quotes are mandatory for in other uses like the delimitation of string values in JSON, C, C++...) and backslashes (which have to be escaped as well in string constants used by many languages, including JSON, C, C++, PHP, JavaScript, Lua).So you still cannot embed any literal double quote without escaping it with a backslash (or you can use other curly, angular or square quotation marks instead).

{{#time: Y-m-d}} →2025-07-12

{{#time:[[Y]] m d}} →2025 07 12

{{#time:[[Y (year)]]}} →2025 (25UTCpmSat, 12 Jul 2025 17:59:01 +0000)

{{#time:[[Y "(year)"]]}} →2025 (year)

{{#time: i's"}} →59'01"

Thedate/time object can be in any format accepted by PHP'sstrtotime() function.Absolute (e.g.20 December 2000), relative (e.g.+20 hours), and combined times (e.g.30 July +1 year) are accepted.

{{#time: r|now}} →Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:59:01 +0000

{{#time: r|+2 hours}} →Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:59:01 +0000

{{#time: r|now + 2 hours}} →Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:59:01 +0000

{{#time: r|20 December 2000}} →Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

{{#time: r|December 20, 2000}} →Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

{{#time: r|2000-12-20}} →Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0000

{{#time: r|2000 December 20}} →Error: Invalid time.

{{#time: r|last tuesday}} →Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Thelanguage code inISO 639-3 (?) allows the string to be displayed in the chosen language

{{#time:d F Y|1988-02-28|nl}} →28 februari 1988

{{#time:l|now|uk}} →субота

{{#time:d xg Y|20 June 2010|pl}} →20 czerwca 2010

Thelocal parameter specifies if thedate/time object refers to the local timezone or to UTC.

This is a boolean parameters: its value is determined by casting the value of the argument (see theofficial PHP documentation for details on how string are cast to boolean values).

See the following examples for details:

{{#time: Y F d H:i:s|now|it|0}} →2025 luglio 12 17:59:01

{{#time: Y F d H:i:s|now|it|1}} →2025 luglio 12 17:59:01

{{#time: Y F d H:i:s|+2 hours||0}} →2025 July 12 19:59:01

{{#time: Y F d H:i:s|+2 hours||1}} →2025 July 12 19:59:01

{{#time:c|2019-05-16T17:05:43+02:00|it}} →2019-05-16T15:05:43+00:00

{{#time:c|2019-05-16T17:05:43+02:00|it|0}} →2019-05-16T15:05:43+00:00

{{#time:c|2019-05-16T17:05:43+02:00|it|true}} →2019-05-16T15:05:43+00:00

If you've calculated a Unix timestamp, you may use it in date calculations by pre-pending an@ symbol.

{{#time: U| now}} →1752343141

{{#time: r | @1752343141 }} →Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:59:01 +0000

Warning:

Without the@ prefix before numeric timestamp values, the result is an error most of the time, or is an unexpected value: {{#time: r| 1970-01-01 00:16:39}} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:16:39 +0000 {{#time: U| 1970-01-01 00:16:39}} →999 {{#time: r | @999 }} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:16:39 +0000 (correct) {{#time: r | 999 }} →Error: Invalid time. (unsupported year format) {{#time: r| 1970-01-01 00:16:40}} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:16:40 +0000 {{#time: U| 1970-01-01 00:16:40}} →1000 {{#time: r | @1000 }} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:16:40 +0000 (correct) {{#time: r | 1000 }} →Sat, 12 Jul 1000 00:00:00 +0000 (interpreted as a year with current month and day of the month) {{#time: r| 1970-01-01 02:46:39}} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 02:46:39 +0000 {{#time: U| 1970-01-01 02:46:39}} →9999 {{#time: r | @9999 }} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 02:46:39 +0000 (correct) {{#time: r | 9999 }} →Mon, 12 Jul 9999 00:00:00 +0000 (interpreted as a year with current month and day of the month) {{#time: r| 1970-01-01 02:46:40}} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 02:46:40 +0000 {{#time: U| 1970-01-01 02:46:40}} →10000 {{#time: r | @10000 }} →Thu, 01 Jan 1970 02:46:40 +0000 (correct) {{#time: r | 10000 }} →Error: Invalid time. (unsupported year format)

Warning:

The range of acceptable input is 1 January 0111 → 31 December 9999. For the years 100 through 110 the output is inconsistent, Y and leap years are like the years 100-110, r, D, l and U are like interpreting these years as 2000-2010. {{#time: d F Y| 29 Feb 0100}} →01 March 0100 (correct, no leap year), but {{#time: r| 29 Feb 0100}} →Mon, 01 Mar 0100 00:00:00 +0000 (wrong, even if 100 is interpreted as 2000, because that is a leap year) {{#time: d F Y| 15 April 10000}} →Error: Invalid time. {{#time: r| 10000-4-15}} →Sat, 15 Apr 2000 10:00:00 +0000 Year numbers 0-99 are interpreted as 2000-2069 and 1970-1999, except when written in 4-digit format with leading zeros: {{#time: d F Y| 1 Jan 6}} →01 January 2006 {{#time: d F Y| 1 Jan 06}} →01 January 2006 {{#time: d F Y| 1 Jan 006}} →01 January 2006 {{#time: d F Y| 1 Jan 0006}} →01 January 0006 (4-digit format) The weekday is supplied for the years 100-110 and from 1753, for the years 111-1752 the r-output shows "Unknown" and the l-output "<>". As a consequence, the r-output is not accepted as input for these years.

Full or partial absolute dates can be specified; the function will "fill in" parts of the date that are not specified using thecurrent values:

{{#time: Y| January 1}} →2025

Warning:

The fill-in feature is not consistent; some parts are filled in using the current values, others are not: {{#time: Y m d H:i:s| June}} →2025 06 12 00:00:00 Gives the start of the day, but the current day of the month and the current year. {{#time: Y m d H:i:s| 2003}} →2003 07 12 00:00:00 Gives the start of the day, but the current day of the year. There's exception case of the filled day: {{#time: Y m d H:i:s| June 2003}} →2003 06 01 00:00:00 Gives the start of the day and the start of the month.

A four-digit number is always interpreted as a year, never as hours and minutes:^[1]

{{#time: Y m d H:i:s| 1959}} →1959 07 12 00:00:00

A six-digit number is interpreted as hours, minutes and seconds if possible, but otherwise as an error (not, for instance, a year and month):

{{#time: Y m d H:i:s| 195909}} →2025 07 12 19:59:09 Input is treated as a time rather than a year+month code.

{{#time: Y m d H:i:s| 196009}} →Error: Invalid time. Although 19:60:09 is not a valid time, 196009 is not interpreted as September 1960.

The function performs a certain amount of date mathematics:

{{#time: d F Y| January 0 2008}} →31 December 2007

{{#time: d F| January 32}} →Error: Invalid time.

{{#time: d F| February 29 2008}} →29 February

{{#time: d F| February 29 2007}} →01 March

{{#time:Y-F|now -1 months}} →2025-June

The total length of the format strings of the calls of#time is limited to 6000 characters^[2].

There is a bug in this #time parser function (more specifically inPHP DateTime) that does not allow the passing-in ofnon-integers as relative time zone offsets. This issue does not apply when using an on-the-hour time zone, such as EDT. For example:

• {{#time:g:i A| -4 hours}} → 1:59 PM

However, India is on a +5.5 hours time offset from UTC, and thus using its time zone will not normally allow the correct calculation of a relative time zone offset. Here's what happens:

• {{#time:g:i A| +5.5 hours}} → 5:59 PM

To workaround this issue, simply convert the time into minutes or seconds, like this:

• {{#time:g:i A| +330 minutes}} → 11:29 PM
• {{#time:g:i A| +19800 seconds}} → 11:29 PM

(Tim Starling, the developer of this function, provided the exact syntax for this solution.)

Sometimes it is useful to construct a timestamp, which looks like the automatic timestamp generated bysignatures in discussions on talk pages.On an English-language wiki, it can be created with:

• {{#timel:H:i, j xg Y (e)|+330 minutes}} → 23:29, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

This function is identical to{{#time: ... }}, when thelocal parameter is set totrue, so it always uses the local time of the wiki (as set in$wgLocaltimezone).

Syntax of the function is:

{{#timel:format string }}

{{#timel:format string |date/time object }}

{{#timel:format string |date/time object |language code }}

For instance, see the following examples:

{{#time:c|now|it}} →2025-07-12T17:59:01+00:00

{{#time:c|now|it|0}} →2025-07-12T17:59:01+00:00

{{#time:c|now|it|1}} →2025-07-12T17:59:01+00:00

{{#timel:c|now|it}} →2025-07-12T17:59:01+00:00

Warning:

Be aware that U for both time and timel will return the same number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC on Wikipedias with different timezones than UTC (formerly known as GMT) U Unix time. Seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT. Z Timezone offset in seconds. {{#time: U}} →1752343141 {{#timel: U}} →1752343141 {{#time: Z}} →0 {{#timel: Z}} →0

This function formats a date using a standard format for the selected language, as defined in$dateFormats (seeT223772).

{{#timef:date/time object }}

{{#timef:date/time object |format type }}

{{#timef:date/time object |format type |language code }}

The format of thedate/time object is the same as for#time. If it is empty, the time when the page was rendered is used.

Theformat type may be one of:

time

Only the time is shown.

date

Only the date is shown.

both

Both the time and date are shown.

pretty

Only the date is shown, using an abbreviated format which does not include the year. Not all languages support this; if it is not supported, the "date" format is used.

If theformat type is not specified, both the time and date will be show, as ifboth were specified.

If thelanguage code is not specified, the page's content language is used.

Using#timef instead of#time allows templates to more easily support multiple languages, since different languages have different ways to format dates.

In English, the order of the day and month is controlled by$wgAmericanDates.

Examples:

{{#timef:now|both|en}} → 17:59, 12 July 2025

{{#timef:now|both|ja}} → 2025年7月12日 (土) 17:59

{{#timef:now|pretty|en}} → 12 July

{{#timef:now|pretty|pl}} → 12 lipca

{{#timef:|time}} → 17:59

This function is the same as#timef except that it uses the local timezone of the wiki as configured in$wgLocaltimezone.

{{#timefl:date/time object }}

{{#timefl:date/time object |format type }}

{{#timefl:date/time object |format type |language code }}

This function separates a page title into segments based on slashes, then returns some of those segments as output.

{{#titleparts:pagename |number of segments to return |segment to start at }}

If thenumber of segments to return parameter is not specified, it defaults to "0", which returns all the segments from thesegment to start at to the end (included). If thesegment to start at parameter is not specified or is "0", it defaults to "1":

{{#titleparts:Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok }} →Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok

{{#titleparts:Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | 1 }} →Talk:Foo See also {{ROOTPAGENAME}}.

{{#titleparts:Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | 2 }} →Talk:Foo/bar

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | 2 | 2 }} →bar/baz

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | 2 | 3 }} →baz/quok

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | 3 | 2 }} →bar/baz/quok

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | | 2 }} →bar/baz/quok

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | | 5 }} →

Negative values are accepted for both values. Negative values for thenumber of segments to return parameter effectively 'strips' segments from the end of the string. Negative values for thefirst segment to return translates to "start with this segment counting from the right":

{{#titleparts:Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | -1 }} →Talk:Foo/bar/baz Strips one segment from the end of the string. See also {{BASEPAGENAME}}.

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | -4 }} → Strips all 4 segments from the end of the string

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | -5 }} → Strips 5 segments from the end of the string (more than exist)

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | | -1 }} → quok Returns last segment. See also {{SUBPAGENAME}}.

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | -1 | 2 }} → bar/baz Strips one segment from the end of the string, then returns the second segment and beyond

{{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bar/baz/quok | -1 | -2 }} → baz Start copying at the second last element; strip one segment from the end of the string

Before processing, thepagename parameter is HTML-decoded: if it contains some standard HTML character entities, they will be converted to plain characters (internally encoded with UTF-8, i.e. the same encoding as in the MediaWiki source page using this parser function).

For example, any occurrence of",", or" inpagename will be replaced by".

No other conversion from HTML to plain text is performed, so HTML tags are left intact at this initial step even if they are invalid in page titles.

Then the decodedpagename is canonicalized into a standard page title supported by MediaWiki, as much as possible:

1. All underscores are automatically replaced with spaces:

   {{#titleparts: Talk:Foo/bah_boo|1|2}} →bah boo Not bah_boo, despite the underscore in the original.

2. The string is split a maximum of 25 times; further slashes are ignored and the 25th element will contain the rest of the string. The string is also limited to 255 characters, as it is treated as apage title:

   {{#titleparts: a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/aa/bb/cc/dd/ee | 1 | 25 }} →y/z/aa/bb/cc/dd/ee

   If for whatever reason you needed to push this function to its limit, although very unlikely, it is possible to bypass the 25 split limit by nesting function calls:

   {{#titleparts: {{#titleparts: a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/aa/bb/cc/dd/ee| 1 | 25 }} | 1 | 2}} →z

3. Finally the first substring is capitalized according to the capitalization settings of the local wiki (if that substring also starts by a local namespace name, that namespace name is also normalized).

   {{#titleparts:talk:a/b/c }} →Talk:A/b/c

Warning:

Certain characters that areillegal in a page title will cause #titleparts to not parse the string: {{#titleparts: {one/two} | 1 | 1 }} →{one/two}. Does not produce the expected:{one {{#titleparts: [[page]]/123 | 1 | 2 }} →page/123. Does not work because brackets are illegal in page titles and this parser function does not process links embedded in its inputpagename parameter, even when they use the MediaWiki syntax, or any other HTML or MediaWiki tags. {{#titleparts: red/#00FF00/blue | 1 | 3 }} → "". Does not work because "#" is also illegal in page titles.

Warning:

If any part of the title is just "." or "..", #titleparts will not parse the string: {{#titleparts: one/./three | 1 | 1 }} →one/./three. The whole string is returned. It does not produce the expected:one

Warning:

This function does not degrade gracefully if the input exceeds 255 bytes in UTF-8. If the input string is 256 bytes or more, the whole string is returned.

The ParserFunctions extension optionally defines various string functions if$wgPFEnableStringFunctions is set totrue:

• #len
• #pos
• #rpos
• #sub
• #count
• #replace
• #explode
• #urldecode

See the dedicated subpage for documentation, andManual:Performing string operations with parser functions for examples.

Warning:

In 2013, it was decided thatthese functions willnever be enabled on any Wikimedia wiki, because they are inefficient when used on a large scale (seephab:T8455 for some history).These functions do NOT work on Wikimedia wikis! If you are here to write something on a Wikimedia project, you are looking for something else: if your home wiki has string functions, it probably usesLua. For example, the English Wikipedia usesModule:String, which does some of the same things with wildly different syntax. There are also individualString-handling templates.

Here is a short overview ofModule:String functions:

• #len (length of string):{{#invoke:String|len|target_string}}
• #sub (substring):{{#invoke:String|sub|target_string|start_index|end_index}}
• #match:{{#invoke:String|match|source_string|pattern_string|start_index|match_number|plain_flag|nomatch_output}}
• #pos (position of target):{{#invoke:String|pos|target_string|index_value}}
• #find:{{#invoke:String|find|source_string|target_string|start_index|plain_flag}}
• #replace:{{#invoke:String|replace|source_str|pattern_string|replace_string|replacement_count|plain_flag}}
• #rep (repeat):{{#invoke:String|rep|source|count}}
• #escapePattern:{{#invoke:String|escapePattern|pattern_string}}
• #count:{{#invoke:String|count|source_str|pattern_string|plain_flag}}
• #join:{{#invoke:String|join|separator|string1|string2|...}}

Parser functions can besubstituted by prefixing the hash character withsubst::

{{subst:#ifexist: Help:Extension:ParserFunctions | [[Help:Extension:ParserFunctions]] | Help:Extension:ParserFunctions }} → the code[[Help:Extension:ParserFunctions]] will be inserted in the wikitext since the page Help:Extension:ParserFunctions exists.

Warning:

The results of substituted parser functions are undefined if the expressions containunsubstituted volatile code such asvariables or other parser functions. For consistent results, all the volatile code in the expression to be evaluated must be substituted. SeeHelp:Substitution.

Substitution does not work within‎<ref>…‎</ref>; you can use{{subst:#tag:ref|…}} for this purpose.

Especially{{#time:…|now-…}} could be handy inredirects to pages including dates, but this does not work.

Parser functions will manglewikitable syntax and pipe characters (|), treating all the raw pipe characters as parameter dividers.To avoid this, most wikis used a templateTemplate:! with its contents only a raw pipe character (|), since MW 1.24 a{{!}} magic word replaced this kludge.This 'hides' the pipe from the MediaWiki parser, ensuring that it is not considered until after all the templates and variables on a page have been expanded.It will then be interpreted as a table row or column separator.Alternatively, raw HTML table syntax can be used, although this is less intuitive and more error-prone.

You can also escape the pipe character | for display as a plain, uninterpreted character using an HTML entity:| or| .

{{!}}

|

The same pipe protection applies as for the following example:

{{Documentation|content=... text before ...<code>subpage-name=sandbox3</code> is equivalent to <code>sandbox link=../sandbox3 | sandbox name=sandbox3</code>.... text after ...}}

We observe thattext after is not displayed when the pipe | just beforesandbox name= is present since|sandbox name= is considered erroneously to be a parameter of templateDocumentation at the same level as|content= is.

Whitespace, including newlines, tabs, and spaces, is stripped from the beginning and end of all the parameters of these parser functions. If this is not desirable, comparison of strings can be done after putting them in quotation marks.

{{#ifeq: foo           |           foo | equal | not equal }} →equal

{{#ifeq: "foo          " | "          foo" | equal | not equal }} →not equal

To prevent the trimming of then and else parts, seem:Template:If. Some people achieve this by using <nowiki> </nowiki> instead of spaces.

foo{{#if:|| bar}}foo →foobarfoo

foo{{#if:||<nowiki/>bar<nowiki/>}}foo →foo bar foo

However, this method can be used to render asingle whitespace character only, since the parser squeezes multiple whitespace characters in a row into one.

<spanstyle="white-space: pre;">foo{{#if:||<nowiki/> bar<nowiki/>}}foo</span>

→

foo bar foo

In this example, thewhite-space: pre style is used to force the whitespace to be preserved by the browser, but even with it the spaces are not shown. This happens because the spaces are stripped by the software, before being sent to the browser.

It is possible to workaround this behavior replacing whitespaces with  (breakable space) or  (non-breakable space), since they are not modified by the software:

<spanstyle="white-space: pre;">foo{{#if:||&#32;&#32;&#32;bar&#32;&#32;&#32;}}foo</span> →foo bar foo

foo{{#if:||   bar   }}foo →foo   bar   foo

Beware that not all parameters are created equal.In ParserFunctions, whitespace at the beginning and end is always stripped.Intemplates, whitespace at the beginning and end is stripped for named parameters and named unnamed parameters butnot from unnamed parameters:

foo{{1x|content= bar}}foo →foobarfoo

foo{{1x|1= bar}}foo →foobarfoo

foo{{1x| bar }}foo →foo bar foo

• Lowercase:"{{lc: AbC}}" → "abc"[1]
• Uppercase:"{{uc: AbC}}" → "ABC"[2]
• Lowercase first character:"{{lcfirst: AbC}}" → "abC"[3]
• Uppercase first character:"{{ucfirst: abc}}" → "Abc"[4]

• URL encoding:

"{{urlencode: AbCdEf ghi}}"

renders as

"AbC%0AdEf+ghi"

So inner new lines convert into %0A, and inner spaces convert into +.

{{anchorencode: AbC dEf ghi}}

renders as

AbC_dEf_ghi

• Help:Parser functions in templates
• Parser extension tags
• Parser function hooks - an (incomplete) list of parser functions added by core and extensions.
• Manual:Newlines and spaces
• Manual:Converting between ParserFunctions syntax and TeX syntax
• Help:Magic words - in particular for number formatting and padding
• Module:String obsoletingExtension:StringFunctions
• Parser functions for Wikibase (the extensions that enables Wikidata):How to use data on Wikimedia projects#Parser function

• Extension help
• Magic words