Synopsis
NewTextFormattingRules
Emphasis: _ for italics, * for bold, _* for both, = for fixed width.
Lists: * for bullet lists, # for numbered lists, Term:<new-line> definition for definition lists.
Preformatted text: Enclose text in <pre></pre> or <verbatim></verbatim>.
Indented text: Indent the paragraph with whitespaces.
References: JoinCapitalizedWords or use square brackets for a [page link] or URL [http://cool.wiki.int/].
Preventing linking: Prefix with "~": ~DoNotHyperlink, name links like ~[text | URL].
Misc: "!", "!!", "!!!" make headings, "%%%" or "<br>" makes a linebreak, "----" makes a horizontal rule.
Allowed HTML tags: b big i small tt em strong abbr acronym cite code dfn kbd samp var sup sub
Paragraphs
- Don't indent paragraphs
- Words wrap and fill as needed
- Use blank lines as separators
- Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule
- %%% or <br> makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too)
Lists
asterisk for first level
- indented asterisk (indent at least two spaces) for second level, etc.
- Use *, -, + or 'o' for bullet lists, # for numbered lists (mix at will)
Definition lists:
Term: definition
gives
- Term
- definition
as in the <DL><DT><DD> list
- Items may contain multiple paragraphs and other multi-lined content, just indent the items
Headings
- '!' at the start of a line makes a small heading
- '!!' at the start of a line makes a medium heading
- '!!!' at the start of a line makes a large heading
Preformatted text
Place preformatted lines inside <pre>:
<pre> Preformatted text. WikiLinks still work. </pre>
gives
Preformatted text. WikiLinks? still work.If you want text with no Wiki interaction, use the <verbatim> tag:
<verbatim> Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work. </verbatim>
gives
Preformatted text. WikiLinks do not work.
Indented Paragraphs
Two or more whitespaces signal indented text. Indents may be nested.
This is an indented block of text.
This block is even more indented.
E-mail style block-quoting is supported as well:
> This is block-quoted text.
renders as
This is block-quoted text.
Emphasis
- Use an underscore (_) for emphasis (usually italics)
- Use an asterisk (*) for strong emphasis (usually bold)
- Mix them at will: bold italics
Emphasis can be used multiple times within a paragraph, but cannot cross paragraph boundaries:
_this
will not work_
References
- Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in square brackets: this is a page link? or UsingWikiWords? (preferred)
- Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this:
http://www.wcsb.org/ - You can name the links by providing a name, a bar (|) and then the hyperlink or pagename:
PhpWiki home page - the front page - You can suppress linking to old-style references and URIs by preceding the word with a '~', e.g. NotLinkedAsWikiName, http://not.linked.to/
- Also, the old way of linking URL's is still supported: precede URLs with "http:", "ftp:" or "mailto:" to create links automatically as in:
http://c2.com/ - URLs ending with .png, .gif, or .jpg are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves:

In-page hyperlinks are made by placing a named anchor and referring to the anchor in a hyperlink:
Named anchors:
- #[foo]: an anchor around the text "foo" with id "foo".
- #[|foo]: an empty anchor with id "foo".
- #[howdy|foo] An anchor around the text "howdy" with id "foo".
- References to name anchors are made thusly:
[##hyperlinks], [OtherPage#foo], [named|OtherPage#foo]
Tables
Currently only definition list style tables are supported.
Definition list style tables (of which this is one) are written just like definition lists, except that you replace the trailing colon on the term with a "pipe" (|).
Term 1 | Definition 1 begins here. Term 1.1 | Definition 1.1 Term 1.2 | Definition 1.2 This is part of definition 1. Term 2 | Here's definition 2.Term 1 Definition 1 begins here.
Term 1.1 Definition 1.1 Term 1.2 Definition 1.2 This is part of definition 1.
Term 2 Here's definition 2.
HTML Mark-Up Language
- Some in-line markup is allowed (tags: b, big, i, small, tt, em, strong, abbr, acronym, cite,
code, dfn, kbd, samp, var, sup and sub) - < and > are themselves
- The & characters will not work
Creating various kinds of special links
- See MagicPhpWikiURLs for gory details on how to write various kind of wiki maintenance and other special links.
Inserting plugins
Several plugins permit embedding additional functionality to Wiki pages. For example,
<?plugin BackLinks page=HomePage info=hits ?>
gives
Those pages link to HomePage:
Page Name
Hits
OldTextFormattingRules 400 OldMarkupTestPage 377 London 904 PgsrcTranslation 668 PhpWikiAdministration 785 BuartNut 1334 NewTextFormattingRules 1020 TestPage 440 ContributorPages 680 TextFormattingRules 685 PageDeTests 26 Help/OldTextFormattingRules 35 Help/TextFormattingRules 49 AmministrazioneDiPhpWiki 34 - For more information on plugins, see WikiPlugin.
