$content = $this->getContentObject();
# Use the normal message if there's nothing to display
- if ( $this->firsttime && $content->isEmpty() ) {
+ if ( $this->firsttime && ( $content === false || $content->isEmpty() ) ) {
$action = $this->mTitle->exists() ? 'edit' :
( $this->mTitle->isTalkPage() ? 'createtalk' : 'createpage' );
throw new PermissionsError( $action, $permErrors );
}
/**
- * Gets an editable textual representation of the given Content object.
+ * Gets an editable textual representation of $content.
* The textual representation can be turned by into a Content object by the
* toEditContent() method.
*
+ * If $content is null or false or a string, $content is returned unchanged.
+ *
* If the given Content object is not of a type that can be edited using the text base EditPage,
* an exception will be raised. Set $this->allowNonTextContent to true to allow editing of non-textual
* content.
*
- * @param Content $content
+ * @param Content|null|false|string $content
* @return String the editable text form of the content.
*
* @throws MWException if $content is not an instance of TextContent and $this->allowNonTextContent is not true.
*/
- protected function toEditText( Content $content ) {
+ protected function toEditText( $content ) {
+ if ( $content === null || $content === false ) {
+ return $content;
+ }
+
+ if ( is_string( $content ) ) {
+ return $content;
+ }
+
if ( !$this->allowNonTextContent && !( $content instanceof TextContent ) ) {
throw new MWException( "This content model can not be edited as text: "
. ContentHandler::getLocalizedName( $content->getModel() ) );