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Can I query a MediaWiki semantic value (SMW) directly in PHP?

I am using Semantic MediaWiki and am also developing another custom extension. I would like to query semantic values directly in PHP; i.e., something like:

SemanticMediaWiki::ask('PAGE_NAME', 'FIELD_NAME')

However, I cannot seem to find any documentation of this being possible. I know there is an Ask API, but this documents only querying using a URL, not a direct PHP query. I also know that I can include "ask" references inside pages via inline queries. However, what I want to do is query semantic values directly inside the PHP of my custom extension.

Does anyone know whether I can directly query a semantic value from PHP?

Solution

  • You can also use https://github.com/vedmaka/SemanticQueryInterface - it is a wrapper around SMW internal API which allows you to do things like that:

    $results = $sqi->condition("My property", "My value")->toArray();

    See more at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Vedmaka/Semantic_Query_Interface