Manual:PopulateInterwiki.php
| MediaWiki file: populateInterwiki.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.43.1 • 1.42.6 • 1.39.12 |
| Classes: | PopulateInterwiki |
Details
populateInterwiki.php is a maintenance script that populates the interwiki table, pulling in interwiki links that are used on Wikipedia or another MediaWiki wiki.
Options
| Option | Description | Required | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
| --source | Source wiki for interwiki table, such as https://wiki.org/w/api.php | Optional | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php |
| --force | Run regardless of whether the database says it has been run already. | Optional |
Usage
php maintenance/run.php populateInterwiki [ --source| --force ]
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.Populate with default English Wikipedia
Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php populateInterwiki Interwiki links are populated.
Populate with custom API address
Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php populateInterwiki --source "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php" Interwiki links are populated.
Whenever the script runs, it makes a note in the database and will not run again. If you want to run the script again, run the command with the --force option.