A helper template to display an error, generally to be used from inside other templates. Categorizes the page in Category:Pages with template errors.
Usage[]
{{ error | <error text> | <additional category> }}
or
{{ error | text=<error text> | cate=<additional category> }}
- First unnamed parameter or text
Error message to display. Will be wrapped in a
.
span
- title
Hover text.
- from or source
Short string denoting the source of the error. If this parameter is provided, the page will be categorized in a "Pages with errors from $source
" category. Additionally, the
output tag will be extended to include a span
attribute holding this parameter's value. This facilitates, for instance, easy access of errors from the same source via JavaScript or CSS.
data-source
- Second, third, ..., n-th unnamed parameter and cate, cate2, ..., cate<n>
Additional categories to categorize the page in, can be continued ad infinitum. Set
to $cate
or n
to prevent categorization altogether.
no
Examples[]
Code | Result | Categories added |
---|---|---|
{{error|Something went wrong!}} |
!!Error: Something went wrong! | |
{{error|Something went wrong!|from=MyTemplate}} |
!!Error: Something went wrong! |
|
{{error|Something went wrong!|from=MyTemplate|cate=n}} |
!!Error: Something went wrong! | n/a |
{{error|Something went wrong!|from=MyTemplate|cate=Things to do|cate2=Pages with script errors}} |
!!Error: Something went wrong! |
|
Error handling[]
The output of this template is compatible with the {{#iferror:}}
parser function, which can be used to catch and handle errors.
Code | Result |
---|---|
{{error|Fault!}} |
!!Error: Fault! |
{{#iferror:{{error|Fault!}}|There is something wrong!|Everything is OK.}} |
There is something wrong! |
{{#iferror:{{error|Fault!}}|There is something wrong!}} |
There is something wrong! |
{{#iferror: {{error|Fault!}} }} |
(no output) |