Manual:UpdateArticleCount.php
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.6 |
| MediaWiki file: updateArticleCount.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.43.1 • 1.42.6 • 1.39.12 |
| Classes: | UpdateArticleCount |
updateArticleCount.php is a maintenance script which updates the article count.
It simply counts the total articles on the wiki and updates the statistics in site_stats table.
Options
| Option | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| --update | Update the site_stats table with the new count | Optional |
| --use-master | Count using the primary database | Optional |
Usage
php maintenance/run.php updateArticleCount [ --update| --use-master ]
Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php updateArticleCount Counting articles...found 40.
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.It will only count the number of articles and output the result, without updating the value.
To update the site statistics table, run the script with the --update option.
Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php updateArticleCount --update Counting articles...found 40. Updating site statistics table... done.