api.php

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<?php
// So extensions (and other code) can check whether they're running in API mode
define( 'MW_API', true );

// Bail if PHP is too low
if ( !function_exists( 'version_compare' ) || version_compare( phpversion(), '5.3.2' ) < 0 ) {
    // We need to use dirname( __FILE__ ) here cause __DIR__ is PHP5.3+
    require dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/includes/PHPVersionError.php';
    wfPHPVersionError( 'api.php' );
}

// Initialise common code.
require __DIR__ . '/includes/WebStart.php';

wfProfileIn( 'api.php' );
$starttime = microtime( true );

// URL safety checks
if ( !$wgRequest->checkUrlExtension() ) {
    return;
}

// Verify that the API has not been disabled
if ( !$wgEnableAPI ) {
    header( $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] . ' 500 MediaWiki configuration Error', true, 500 );
    echo 'MediaWiki API is not enabled for this site. Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php'
        . '<pre><b>$wgEnableAPI=true;</b></pre>';
    die( 1 );
}

// Set a dummy $wgTitle, because $wgTitle == null breaks various things
// In a perfect world this wouldn't be necessary
$wgTitle = Title::makeTitle( NS_MAIN, 'API' );

/* Construct an ApiMain with the arguments passed via the URL. What we get back
 * is some form of an ApiMain, possibly even one that produces an error message,
 * but we don't care here, as that is handled by the ctor.
 */
$processor = new ApiMain( RequestContext::getMain(), $wgEnableWriteAPI );

// Process data & print results
$processor->execute();

// Execute any deferred updates
DeferredUpdates::doUpdates();

// Log what the user did, for book-keeping purposes.
$endtime = microtime( true );
wfProfileOut( 'api.php' );
wfLogProfilingData();

// Log the request
if ( $wgAPIRequestLog ) {
    $items = array(
        wfTimestamp( TS_MW ),
        $endtime - $starttime,
        $wgRequest->getIP(),
        $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']
    );
    $items[] = $wgRequest->wasPosted() ? 'POST' : 'GET';
    $module = $processor->getModule();
    if ( $module->mustBePosted() ) {
        $items[] = "action=" . $wgRequest->getVal( 'action' );
    } else {
        $items[] = wfArrayToCgi( $wgRequest->getValues() );
    }
    wfErrorLog( implode( ',', $items ) . "\n", $wgAPIRequestLog );
    wfDebug( "Logged API request to $wgAPIRequestLog\n" );
}

// Shut down the database.  foo()->bar() syntax is not supported in PHP4: we won't ever actually
// get here to worry about whether this should be = or =&, but the file has to parse properly.
$lb = wfGetLBFactory();
$lb->shutdown();