Test numberOfArticles

Show the number of articles in a certain category

This test shows how to put a DPL statement into a template (just for fun in this case) and how to return the number of articles instead of their names. We are going to use the 'resultsheader=' parameter which allows you to use a variable called %PAGES%.

We are going to use a template which contains the following code
  {{#dpl:
    |category        = {{{category}}}
    |mode            = userformat
    |resultsheader   = There are %PAGES% articles on ''{{{category}}}'' in this wiki.
    |noresultsheader = This wiki doesn´t contain any articles on ''{{{category}}}''.
  }}

We are going to call the template like this:
   {{DPL Count|category=Fictitious Countries}}

• This wiki doesn´t contain any articles on Fictitious Country.
• There are 4 articles on Fictitious country in this wiki.

Another way to show multiple article counts

This time we use the headingmode and headingcount parameters. Note that we get a message for each category (except Villages as there are no articles in that category) .

<dpl>
  ordermethod=category,lastedit
  category=+Fictitious country|Countries|Cities|Villages
  headingmode=H4
  headingcount=true
  mode=userformat
</dpl>

Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.2.1: Warning: Skipping bad option 'H4' for parameter 'headingmode'.

Extension:DynamicPageList (DPL), version 3.2.1: Warning: No results.