+ /**
+ * Provide an array of HTML 5 attributes to put on an input element
+ * intended for the user to enter a new password. This may include
+ * required, title, and/or pattern, depending on $wgMinimalPasswordLength.
+ *
+ * Do *not* use this when asking the user to enter his current password!
+ * Regardless of configuration, users may have invalid passwords for whatever
+ * reason (e.g., they were set before requirements were tightened up).
+ * Only use it when asking for a new password, like on account creation or
+ * ResetPass.
+ *
+ * Obviously, you still need to do server-side checking.
+ *
+ * @return array Array of HTML attributes suitable for feeding to
+ * Html::element(), directly or indirectly. (Don't feed to Xml::*()!
+ * That will potentially output invalid XHTML 1.0 Transitional, and will
+ * get confused by the boolean attribute syntax used.)
+ */
+ public static function passwordChangeInputAttribs() {
+ global $wgMinimalPasswordLength;
+
+ if ( $wgMinimalPasswordLength == 0 ) {
+ return array();
+ }
+
+ # Note that the pattern requirement will always be satisfied if the
+ # input is empty, so we need required in all cases.
+ $ret = array( 'required' );
+
+ # We can't actually do this right now, because Opera 9.6 will print out
+ # the entered password visibly in its error message! When other
+ # browsers add support for this attribute, or Opera fixes its support,
+ # we can add support with a version check to avoid doing this on Opera
+ # versions where it will be a problem. Reported to Opera as
+ # DSK-262266, but they don't have a public bug tracker for us to follow.
+ /*
+ if ( $wgMinimalPasswordLength > 1 ) {
+ $ret['pattern'] = '.{' . intval( $wgMinimalPasswordLength ) . ',}';
+ $ret['title'] = wfMsgExt( 'passwordtooshort', 'parsemag',
+ $wgMinimalPasswordLength );
+ }
+ */
+
+ return $ret;
+ }