PhpWiki vs. alphawiki

General Features PhpWiki alphawiki
Version
phpwiki-1.3.14
v.20160608
Last Release Date
2007-07-01 (19 years ago)
2016-08-06 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2009-04-03 (17 years ago)
2016-09-10 (10 years ago)
Author
Steve Wainstead, Jeff Dairiki, Reini Urban, Carsten Klapp, Marc-Etienne Vargenau
marty alain
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU-GPL
Programming Language
PHP
PHP+Javascript
Data Storage
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Any
private users, small teams
System Requirements PhpWiki alphawiki
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
probably every OS
Root Access
No
Yes
Webserver
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Apache with PHP support
Other Requirements
various opt. helpers
Datastorage PhpWiki alphawiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
MySQL
Yes
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
Oracle
Yes
No
SQLite
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
RCS
Yes
No
Other
gdbm, cvs, MSSQL, ... (ADODB, PearDB)
None
Security/Anti-Spam PhpWiki alphawiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
db, session, pop, imap, ldap, file, webserver
No
Host Blocking
No
No
Mail Encryption
No
No
nofollow
Yes
No
Blacklist
Yes
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
Development/Support PhpWiki alphawiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#phpwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
Common Features PhpWiki alphawiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
Yes
Yes
Change Summary
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
No
Sitemap
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Special Features PhpWiki alphawiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
Interface Languages
9
German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese Traditional
1
English
Email notification
Yes
No
Comments
Plugin
Discussion Pages
Categories
Yes
Unknown
Namespaces
No
Optional
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
No
Structured Data
Patch
Unknown
Links PhpWiki alphawiki
CamelCase
Yes
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
No
InterWiki
Yes
No
SisterWiki
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Page Redirects
Yes
No
Syntax Features PhpWiki alphawiki
HTML Tags
Some
Optional
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Markdown Support
No
No
Textile Support
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Footnotes
Yes
Yes
Quoting
Yes
No
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
Unknown
Scripting
plugins, templates, PHP
lambdatalk, lambdalisp,javascript
Content Includes
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Usability PhpWiki alphawiki
Section Editing
No
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Optional
No
Toolbar
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editing
Patch
Yes
Access Keys
Yes
Optional
Auto Signature
Yes
Optional
Statistics PhpWiki alphawiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Yes
No
Orphaned Pages
Yes
No
Most/Least Popular
Yes
No
Recent Visitors
Yes
Yes
Analysis
Plugin
No
Output PhpWiki alphawiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
Yes
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
No
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Abbreviations
No
Optional
Auto-TOC
Yes
Yes
Raw Export
Yes
Optional
HTML Export
Yes
Optional
XML export
No
No
PDF Export
Yes
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files PhpWiki alphawiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
SVG Editing
No
Yes
MindMap Editing
No
No
Media Search
No
No
Extras PhpWiki alphawiki
Calendar
Yes
Optional
Image Galleries
Yes
Yes
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Yes
Yes
Blogs
Yes
Optional
Ticket System
No
No
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples PhpWiki alphawiki
Internal Link
WikiWord or [somelink]
[ desc | pagename ]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="?view=pixar"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar]]
External Link
http://someserver/someurl
[ desc | exturl ]
1) standard syntax :
{a {@ href="http://www.pixar.com/"}pixar}
2) alternate wiki form :
[[pixar|http://www.pixar.com/]]
Headlines
!!!Headline1
!!Headline2
!Headline3
1) standard syntax :
{h1 TITLE} from 1 to 6
2) alternate form :
_h1 TITLE (until end of line)
Bold Format
*bold* or
<strong>bold</strong>
{b I am bold}
Italics Format
_italics_ or 
or
<em>italics</em>
{i I am italic}
Underline Format
<u>underlined</u>
{u I am underline}
Monospace Format
<tt>monospace</tt>
<code>code</code>
<pre>preformatted</pre>
<verbatim>
unparsed text</verbatim>


{pre I am monospace and preformated}
Strikethrough Format
<strike>striked through</strike>
{del I am line-through}
Superscript Format
<sup>above</sup>
E = mc{sup 2}
Subscript Format
<sub>below</sub>
Vector low indiced : V{sub i} 
Vector high indiced: V{sup i}
Tensor : T{sub i}{sup j}
Images
[ http://foo.org/1.jpg size=30%] 
external image
[Upload:view.jpg align=right size=50x40] 
view uploaded image
[Upload:view.jpg | http://server/external-linkjpg ] 
view and link to another image
1) static image, simple :
{img {@ src="data/image.jpg"}}

2) static image, complete :
{img 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"  
height="200"
title="infotext"
}}

3) click_enlarging image :
{show 
{@ src="data/image.jpg"
height="200" 
width="400" 
title="infotext"
}}
Aligning Text
<?plugin RawHtml <span align="right"> ?>right<?plugin RawHtml </span> ?>
or <div align="right"> right </div>

{center I am centered}
Text Indentation
;: left indent
;;: more left indent

or 
paragraph
and another level 
{p I am an indented paragraph.}
Bulleted Lists
* list
or
- list
1) standard :
{ul
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ul item 1
_ul item 2
Numbered Lists
# list
1) standard :
{ol
{li item 1}
{li item 2}
}

2) alternative :
_ol item 1
_ol item 2
Definition Lists
Term:<def>
def
{dl
{dt one} 
{dd definition 1}
{dt two} 
{dd definition 2}
}
Horizontal Rule
----
{hr}
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