Manual:$wgDBconnection

Category:MediaWiki configuration settings#DBconnectionCategory:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced before version 1.1.0#DBconnectionCategory:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.4.0#DBconnectionCategory:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features#DBconnectionCategory:Database variables#DBconnection
Database settings: $wgDBconnection
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Introduced in version:Before 1.1.0
Removed in version:1.4.0
Allowed values:Unspecified
Default value:''

Details

This variable was set to empty string in DefaultSettings.php, but it was not an actual setting.

It was used to store a MySQL link identifier (return value of mysql-connect()).

Since MediaWiki 1.2, this variable was unused.

In MediaWiki 1.17 (a060794480fe), it was removed from DefaultSettings.php.

Category:Database variables Category:MediaWiki configuration settings Category:MediaWiki configuration settings introduced before version 1.1.0 Category:MediaWiki configuration settings removed in version 1.4.0 Category:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features