Version 1.6.0

Add Backward Compatibility with ´class_exists()´ statements in ´Compat.php´

Author: WikiMANNia

README.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ intensive.
 
 * Add custom header and text settings for access-denial display
 
-1.6.0 (Mar 20, 2026)
+1.6.0
 
-* Add translations and link to MediaWiki
+* Add translations and link to MediaWiki (Mar 20, 2026)
+* Add Backward Compatibility with ´class_exists()´ statements ´Compat.php´ (Mar 29, 2026)

extension.json

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	"requires": {
 		"MediaWiki": ">= 1.35"
 	},
+	"callback": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\CrawlerProtection\\Hooks::onRegistration",
 	"AutoloadNamespaces": {
 		"MediaWiki\\Extension\\CrawlerProtection\\": "includes/"
 	},

includes/Compat.php

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MediaWiki\Extension\CrawlerProtection;
+
+class Compat {
+
+    public static function init(): void {
+        self::aliasCoreClasses();
+    }
+
+    private static function aliasCoreClasses(): void {
+
+		if ( class_exists( \Title::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\Title\Title::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \Title::class, \MediaWiki\Title\Title::class ); /* < 1.40 */
+		}
+		if ( class_exists( \OutputPage::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\Output\OutputPage::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \OutputPage::class, \MediaWiki\Output\OutputPage::class ); /* < 1.41 */
+		}
+		if ( class_exists( \WebRequest::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\Request\WebRequest::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \WebRequest::class, \MediaWiki\Request\WebRequest::class ); /* < 1.41 */
+		}
+		if ( class_exists( \SpecialPage::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \SpecialPage::class, \MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage::class ); /* < 1.41 */
+		}
+		if ( class_exists( \User::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\User\User::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \User::class, \MediaWiki\User\User::class ); /* < 1.41 */
+		}
+		if ( class_exists( \ActionEntryPoint::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \ActionEntryPoint::class, \MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint::class ); /* < 1.42 */
+		}
+		if ( class_exists( \Article::class ) && !class_exists( \MediaWiki\Page\Article::class ) ) {
+			class_alias( \Article::class, \MediaWiki\Page\Article::class ); /* < 1.42 */
+		}
+    }
+}

includes/Hooks.php

@@ -14,28 +14,6 @@
 use MediaWiki\Title\Title;
 use MediaWiki\User\User;
 
-// Class aliases for multi-version compatibility.
-// These need to be in global scope so phan can pick up on them,
-// and before any use statements that make use of the namespaced names.
-if ( version_compare( MW_VERSION, '1.40', '<' ) ) {
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\Title\Title') )  class_alias( '\Title', '\MediaWiki\Title\Title' );
-}
-
-if ( version_compare( MW_VERSION, '1.41', '<' ) ) {
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\Output\OutputPage') )  class_alias( '\OutputPage', '\MediaWiki\Output\OutputPage' );
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\Request\WebRequest') )  class_alias( '\WebRequest', '\MediaWiki\Request\WebRequest' );
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage') )  class_alias( '\SpecialPage', '\MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage' );
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\User\User') )  class_alias( '\User', '\MediaWiki\User\User' );
-}
-
-if ( version_compare( MW_VERSION, '1.42', '<' ) ) {
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint') )  class_alias( '\ActionEntryPoint', '\MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint' );
-}
-
-if ( version_compare( MW_VERSION, '1.44', '<' ) ) {
-	if ( !class_exists('MediaWiki\Page\Article') )  class_alias( '\Article', '\MediaWiki\Page\Article' );
-}
-
 class Hooks implements MediaWikiPerformActionHook, SpecialPageBeforeExecuteHook {
 	/** @var string Prefix for special page names */
 	private const SPECIAL_PAGE_PREFIX = 'Special:';