(bug 15209) New hook right after initialization

CREDITS

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ following names for their contribution to the product.
 * Marcin Cieślak
 * Marcus Buck
 * Marooned
+* mati
 * Matthew Britton
 * Max Semenik
 * Michael De La Rue

RELEASE-NOTES

@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ this. Was used when mwEmbed was going to be an extension.
 * (bug 671) The HTML <abbr> tag is now permitted.
 * RecentChanges now has a legend to explain what the Nmb! flags mean, and the
   flags have tooltips.
+* (bug 15209) New hook BeforeInitialize called after everything has been setup
+  but before Mediawiki::performRequestForTitle()
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.16 ===
 

docs/hooks.txt

@@ -507,6 +507,14 @@ rendered inline in wiki pages or galleries in category pages.
 &$nt: the image title
 &$time: image timestamp
 
+'BeforeInitialize': before anything is initialized in performRequestForTitle()
+&$title: Title being used for request
+&$article: The associated Article object
+&$output: OutputPage object
+&$user: User
+$request: WebRequest object
+$this: Mediawiki object
+
 'BeforePageDisplay': Prior to outputting a page
 &$out: OutputPage object
 &$skin: Skin object

includes/Wiki.php

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ class MediaWiki {
 		
 		$output->setTitle( $title );
 		
+		wfRunHooks( 'BeforeInitialize', array( &$title, &$article, &$output, &$user, $request, $this ) );
+		
 		if( !$this->preliminaryChecks( $title, $output, $request ) ) {
 			wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
 			return;