docs/maintenance.txt File Reference

Classes
class	Maintenance
	Abstract maintenance class for quickly writing and churning out maintenance scripts with minimal effort. More...

Variables
you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki so you can get a DB use the	cache
you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki so you can get a DB use the etc For full docs on the Maintenance	class
you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki so you can get a DB	connection
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory	Example
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory if not default do this many per batch HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN Make a file in the maintenance directory called myScript php or something In write the	following
you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki	functions
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning	in
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory if not default do this many per batch HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN Make a file in the maintenance directory called myScript php or something In	it
class DemoMaint extends Maintenance $	maintClass = "DemoMaint"
require_once	RUN_MAINTENANCE_IF_MAIN
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously	simple
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several	subdirectories
Prior to	version
Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory if not default	wiki

Variable Documentation

cache

you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki so you can get a DB use the cache

Definition at line 52 of file maintenance.txt.

Referenced by JobQueueAggregatorMemc::__construct(), JobQueueDB::__construct(), JobQueueGroup::__construct(), JobQueueFederated::__construct(), RepoGroup::__construct(), LCStoreAccel::__construct(), MappedIterator::accept(), JobQueueDB::claimRandom(), MapCacheLRU::clear(), ProcessCacheLRU::clear(), RepoGroup::clearCache(), MappedIterator::current(), JobQueueDB::doBatchPushInternal(), JobQueueFederated::doFlushCaches(), JobQueueDB::doFlushCaches(), JobQueueDB::doGetAcquiredCount(), JobQueueAggregatorMemc::doGetAllReadyWikiQueues(), JobQueueDB::doGetSize(), JobQueueDB::doIsEmpty(), JobQueueFederated::doIsEmpty(), JobQueueAggregatorMemc::doNotifyQueueEmpty(), JobQueueDB::doPop(), JobQueueFederated::doPop(), JobQueueAggregatorMemc::doPurge(), UserCache::doQuery(), GenderCache::doQuery(), RepoGroup::findFile(), LCStoreAccel::finishWrite(), MapCacheLRU::get(), ProcessCacheLRU::get(), LCStoreAccel::get(), JobQueueFederated::getCrossPartitionSum(), ProcessCacheLRUTestable::getEntriesCount(), GenderCache::getGenderOf(), UserCache::getProp(), MapCacheLRU::has(), ProcessCacheLRU::has(), MessageCache::load(), mccShowUsage(), Title::moveTo(), MappedIterator::next(), MapCacheLRU::ping(), ProcessCacheLRU::ping(), JobQueueGroup::pop(), JobQueueGroup::push(), JobQueueDB::recycleAndDeleteStaleJobs(), MappedIterator::rewind(), ProcessCacheLRU::set(), MapCacheLRU::set(), LCStoreAccel::set(), RevisionTest::setUp(), BagOStuffTest::setUp(), TitleMethodsTest::setUp(), ApiEditPageTest::setUp(), RevisionStorageTest::setUp(), LCStoreAccel::startWrite(), TitleMethodsTest::tearDown(), ApiEditPageTest::tearDown(), RevisionTest::tearDown(), RevisionStorageTest::tearDown(), BagOStuffTest::testAdd(), BagOStuffTest::testGet(), BagOStuffTest::testGetMulti(), BagOStuffTest::testIncr(), BagOStuffTest::testMerge(), GlobalTest::testReadOnlySet(), and JobQueueFederated::tryJobInsertions().

class

you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki so you can get a DB use the etc For full docs on the Maintenance class

Definition at line 52 of file maintenance.txt.

connection

you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki so you can get a DB connection

Definition at line 52 of file maintenance.txt.

Referenced by mccShowUsage(), and MagicVariableTest::setUp().

Example

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory Example

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

following

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory if not default do this many per batch HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN Make a file in the maintenance directory called myScript php or something In write the following

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

Referenced by CheckLanguageCLI::help().

functions

you have access to all of the normal MediaWiki functions

Definition at line 52 of file maintenance.txt.

in

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning in

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

Referenced by PopulateCategory::__construct(), BackupReader::__construct(), UpdateCollation::__construct(), Exif::__construct(), RedirectSpecialArticle::__construct(), SpecialContributions::contributionsSub(), UploadBase::detectScript(), ModernTemplate::execute(), RedisLockManager::freeLocksOnServer(), UploadForm::getDescriptionSection(), RedisLockManager::getLocksOnServer(), PNGMetadataExtractor::getMetadata(), ConvertLinks::getMicroTime(), Title::getSkinFromCssJsSubpage(), User::getStubThreshold(), DeletedContributionsPage::getSubTitle(), CheckLanguageCLI::help(), PoolCounterRedis::initAndPopPoolSlotList(), ParserOutput::isLinkInternal(), MessageCache::load(), Title::loadFromRow(), Title::makeTitle(), ImportStreamSource::newFromUpload(), Preprocessor_Hash::preprocessToObj(), SpecialUpload::processVerificationError(), EditPageTest::provideAutoMerge(), LanguageTrTest::provideDottedAndDotlessI(), RevisionStorageTest::provideUserWasLastToEdit(), UtfNormal::quickIsNFCVerify(), JobQueueRedis::recyclePruneAndUndelayJobs(), Sanitizer::removeHTMLtags(), SpecialBookSources::showList(), Article::showMissingArticle(), and UserOptions::warn().

it

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory if not default do this many per batch HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN Make a file in the maintenance directory called myScript php or something In it

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

maintClass

class DemoMaint extends Maintenance $ maintClass = "DemoMaint"

RUN_MAINTENANCE_IF_MAIN

require_once RUN_MAINTENANCE_IF_MAIN

Definition at line 50 of file maintenance.txt.

simple

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously simple

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

subdirectories

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several subdirectories

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

version

Prior to version

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

Referenced by ResourceLoaderContext::__construct(), ResourceLoaderContext::getHash(), XmlDumpWriter::openStream(), outHeader(), and wfPHPVersionError().

wiki

Prior to maintenance scripts were a hodgepodge of code that had no cohesion or formal method of action Beginning maintenance scripts have been cleaned up to use a unified class Directory structure How to run a script How to write your own DIRECTORY STRUCTURE The maintenance directory of a MediaWiki installation contains several all of which have unique purposes HOW TO RUN A SCRIPT Ridiculously just call php someScript php that s in the top level maintenance directory if not default wiki

Definition at line 1 of file maintenance.txt.

Referenced by DBAccessBase::__construct(), DBFileJournal::__construct(), ForeignDBViaLBRepo::__construct(), BackupReader::__construct(), JobQueueGroup::__construct(), JobQueue::__construct(), JobQueueFederated::__construct(), JobQueueRedis::doBatchPush(), JobQueueDB::doBatchPushInternal(), JobQueueDB::doPop(), JobQueueRedis::doPop(), JobQueueGroup::executeReadyPeriodicTasks(), JobQueueGroup::get(), JobQueueGroup::getCachedConfigVar(), JobQueueFederated::getCacheKey(), JobQueueDB::getCacheKey(), JobQueueGroup::getCoalescedQueues(), DBAccessBase::getConnection(), JobQueueDB::getDB(), DBAccessBase::getLoadBalancer(), ForeignDBViaLBRepo::getMasterDB(), DBFileJournal::getMasterDB(), JobQueueRedis::getQueueKey(), JobQueue::getRootJobCacheKey(), ForeignDBViaLBRepo::getSharedCacheKey(), ForeignDBViaLBRepo::getSlaveDB(), CheckLanguageCLI::help(), JobQueueGroup::pop(), JobQueue::pop(), JobQueueGroup::push(), JobQueueDB::recycleAndDeleteStaleJobs(), JobQueueRedis::recyclePruneAndUndelayJobs(), DBAccessBase::releaseConnection(), ORMTable::setTargetWiki(), showUsage(), and PathRouterTest::testLoose().