When I edit the code of a page and put <accesscontrol>Editor:whois</accesscontrol>, anyone but administrators cannot access that page. I also tried several variations of this with no luck.

When I look at the code (around line 112), the following line returns a blank string, but it clearly should be returning the text inside the accesscontrol tag.

$allowedUsers = ContentHandler::getContentText( $groupPage -> getContent());

I'm using extension Access Control version REL 1_30, but I also went back to V2.6. It had a slightly different function call that calls a function no longer used, so that didn't work.

I'm using the latest MW core which is 1.30.

At first I thought my settings were wrong, but after fiddling with permissions for hours, I started debugging the code.

In the page: ".com/index.php/Editor:Whois" I put:

*awuff

*jmich

In the User List I have:

awuff ‎ (STAFF, Staff, Editor)

jmich (Staff,Editor)

In LocalSettings.php I have:

$wgGroupPermissions['Editor']['edit'] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions['Editor']['createpage'] = true;

$wgGroupPermissions['Editor']['read'] = true;

require_once "extensions/AccessControl/AccessControl.php";

$wgAdminCanReadAll = true;                      // sysop users can read all restricted pages

$wgAccessControlRedirect = false;       // don't redirect from page with search results for denied and

                                                                        // anonymous users, if searching pattern is validate on any                                                               

// Define constants for my additional namespaces.

define("NS_STAFF", 3000); // This MUST be even.

#define("NS_STAFF_TALK", 3001); // This MUST be the following odd integer.

define("NS_EDITOR", 3002);

// Add namespaces.

$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_STAFF] = "Staff";

#$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_STAFF_TALK] = "Staff_talk";

$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_EDITOR] = "Editor";

Going back to the code, line 111 "$groupPage = WikiPage::factory( $gt );"

returns:

object(WikiPage)#156 (12) { ["mTitle"]=> object(Title)#154 (32) { ["mTextform"]=> string(12) "Editor:whois" ["mUrlform"]=> string(12) "Editor:whois" ["mDbkeyform"]=> string(12) "Editor:whois" ["mUserCaseDBKey":protected]=> NULL ["mNamespace"]=> int(0) ["mInterwiki"]=> string(0) "" ["mLocalInterwiki":"Title":private]=> bool(false) ["mFragment"]=> string(0) "" ["mArticleID"]=> int(-1) ["mLatestID":protected]=> bool(false) ["mContentModel":"Title":private]=> bool(false) ["mForcedContentModel":"Title":private]=> bool(false) ["mEstimateRevisions":"Title":private]=> NULL ["mRestrictions"]=> array(0) { } ["mOldRestrictions":protected]=> bool(false) ["mCascadeRestriction"]=> NULL ["mCascadingRestrictions"]=> NULL ["mRestrictionsExpiry":protected]=> array(0) { } ["mHasCascadingRestrictions":protected]=> NULL ["mCascadeSources"]=> NULL ["mRestrictionsLoaded"]=> bool(false) ["mPrefixedText":protected]=> NULL ["mTitleProtection"]=> NULL ["mDefaultNamespace"]=> int(0) ["mLength":protected]=> int(-1) ["mRedirect"]=> NULL ["mNotificationTimestamp":"Title":private]=> array(0) { } ["mHasSubpages":"Title":private]=> NULL ["mPageLanguage":"Title":private]=> bool(false) ["mDbPageLanguage":"Title":private]=> bool(false) ["mTitleValue":"Title":private]=> NULL ["mIsBigDeletion":"Title":private]=> NULL } ["mDataLoaded"]=> bool(false) ["mIsRedirect"]=> bool(false) ["mLatest"]=> bool(false) ["mPreparedEdit"]=> bool(false) ["mId":protected]=> NULL ["mDataLoadedFrom":protected]=> int(-1) ["mRedirectTarget":protected]=> NULL ["mLastRevision":protected]=> NULL ["mTimestamp":protected]=> string(0) "" ["mTouched":protected]=> string(14) "19700101000000" ["mLinksUpdated":protected]=> string(14) "19700101000000" } Faw872 (talk) 19:11, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

[WstJ-uaufRsHLEzsvm4oNQAAABQ] /index.php/Special:SpecialPages MWException from line 127 of /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/page/WikiPage.php: Invalid or virtual namespace -1 given.

Backtrace:

#0 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/extensions/AccessControl/AccessControl.hooks.php(86): WikiPage::factory(Title)
#1 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/extensions/AccessControl/AccessControl.hooks.php(294): AccessControlHooks::getContentPage(integer, string)
#2 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/Hooks.php(177): AccessControlHooks::onUserCan(Title, User, string, string)
#3 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/Hooks.php(205): Hooks::callHook(string, array, array, NULL)
#4 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/Title.php(2194): Hooks::run(string, array)
#5 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/Title.php(2636): Title->checkPermissionHooks(string, User, array, string, boolean)
#6 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/Title.php(2060): Title->getUserPermissionsErrorsInternal(string, User, string)
#7 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(206): Title->getUserPermissionsErrors(string, User)
#8 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(851): MediaWiki->performRequest()
#9 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/includes/MediaWiki.php(523): MediaWiki->main()
#10 /home/gunsywtx/public_html/index.php(43): MediaWiki->run()
#11 {main}

Another dirty fix: In file "extensions/AccessControl/AccessControl.hooks.php": Add(not replace, just add) to line 83 this code:

if ($namespace == -1) $namespace = 0;

It works for me and will not overwritten after wiki core update. 109.233.225.254 (talk) 05:18, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

thx Johnywhy (talk) 18:37, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

I've recently installed Access Control (v. 2.6) on a fairly new MediaWiki (v. 1.30) server. I've tried creating a user list in a custom namespace and in the main namespace, but neither of them seem to work. I even tried using a modded AccessControl.php listed on the Extension page. Any help is appreciated. Revel IT (talk) 17:50, 8 June 2018 (UTC)