Manual:GetText.php

MediaWiki version:
1.16
Category:MediaWiki code#GetText.php

Details

getText.php file is a maintenance script that outputs content of a given page (wikitext) to stdout. It could be used for scripting.

Options/Arguments

Option/Argument Description Required?
<title> Page titleRequired
--revision Revision IDOptional
--show-private Show the text even if it's not available to the publicOptional

Usage

php maintenance/run.php getText <title> [ --revision| --show-private ]
Terminal
In MediaWiki version 1.39.12 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Advanced usage

Terminal

If page title contains whitespace, it should be enclosed in double quotes ("), as shown in example.

See also

Category:Maintenance scripts Category:Content maintenance scripts
Category:Content maintenance scripts Category:Maintenance scripts Category:MediaWiki code