since 1.25; support for '.php5' has been phased out of MediaWiki proper. Backward-compatibility can be maintained by configuring your web server to rewrite URLs. See RELEASE-NOTES for details.

Member $wgSessionHandler

since 1.27, MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager doesn't use PHP session storage.

Member $wgSessionsInMemcached

since 1.20; Use $wgSessionsInObjectCache

Member $wgSessionsInObjectCache

since 1.27, session data is always stored in object cache.

Member $wgSharedDB

since 1.21 In new code, use the $wiki parameter to wfGetLB() to access remote databases. Using wfGetLB() allows the shared database to reside on separate servers to the wiki's own database, with suitable configuration of $wgLBFactoryConf.

Member $wgSkipSkin

since 1.23; use $wgSkipSkins instead

Member $wgTidyBin

Use $wgTidyConfig['tidyBin']

Member $wgTidyConf

Use $wgTidyConfig['tidyConfigFile']

Member $wgTidyInternal

Use $wgTidyConfig['driver']

Member $wgTidyOpts

Use $wgTidyConfig['tidyCommandLine']

Member $wgTrackingCategories

since 1.25 Extensions should now register tracking categories using the new extension registration system.

Member $wgUseTidy

use $wgTidyConfig

Member $wgXhtmlDefaultNamespace

since 1.22

Member ApiBase::getDescription ()

since 1.25

Returns: Message|string|array

Member ApiBase::getExamples ()

since 1.25, use getExamplesMessages() instead

Returns: bool|string|array

Member ApiBase::getModuleProfileName ($db=false)

since 1.25, always returns empty string

Parameters

IDatabase | bool $db

Returns: string

Member ApiBase::getParamDescription ()

since 1.25

Returns: array|bool False on no parameter descriptions

Member ApiBase::getProfileDBTime ()

since 1.25, always returns 0

Returns: float

Member ApiBase::getProfileTime ()

since 1.25, always returns 0

Returns: float

Member ApiBase::getResultData ()

since 1.25, use $this->getResult() methods instead

Returns: array

Member ApiBase::indentExampleText ($item)

since 1.25

Parameters

string $item

Returns: string

Member ApiBase::makeHelpArrayToString ($prefix, $title, $input)

since 1.25

Parameters

string	$prefix	Text to split output items
string	$title	What is being output
string \| array	$input

Returns: string

Member ApiBase::makeHelpMsg ()

since 1.25

Returns: string|bool

Member ApiBase::makeHelpMsgParameters ()

since 1.25

Returns: string|bool

Member ApiBase::profileDBIn ()

since 1.25

Member ApiBase::profileDBOut ()

since 1.25

Member ApiBase::profileIn ()

since 1.25

Member ApiBase::profileOut ()

since 1.25

Member ApiBase::safeProfileOut ()

since 1.25

Class ApiCreateAccount

since 1.27, only used when $wgDisableAuthManager is true

Class ApiErrorFormatter_BackCompat

Only for backwards compatibility, do not use

Member ApiFormatBase::formatHTML ($text)

since 1.25

Parameters

string $text

Returns: string

Member ApiFormatBase::getDescription ()

since 1.25

Member ApiFormatBase::getNeedsRawData ()

since 1.25

Returns: bool Always true

Member ApiFormatBase::getWantsHelp ()

since 1.25

Returns: bool

Member ApiFormatBase::setBufferResult ($value)

since 1.25, output is always buffered

Parameters

bool $value

Member ApiFormatBase::setHelp ($help=true)

since 1.25

Parameters

bool $help

Member ApiFormatBase::setUnescapeAmps ($b)

since 1.25

Parameters

bool $b Whether or not ampersands should be escaped.

Member ApiFormatJson::getWantsHelp ()

since 1.25

Member ApiMain::makeHelpMsg ()

since 1.25

Returns: string

Member ApiMain::makeHelpMsgHeader ($module, $paramName)

since 1.25

Parameters

ApiBase	$module
string	$paramName	What type of request is this? e.g. action, query, list, prop, meta, format

Returns: string

Member ApiMain::reallyMakeHelpMsg ()

since 1.25

Returns: mixed|string

Member ApiMain::setHelp ($help=true)

since 1.25

Parameters

bool $help

Member ApiPageSet::getInvalidTitles ()

since 1.26, use self::getInvalidTitlesAndReasons()

Returns: string[] Array of strings (not Title objects)

Member ApiQuery::makeHelpMsg ()

since 1.25

Returns: string

Member ApiQuery::makeHelpMsgHelper ($group)

since 1.25

Parameters

string $group Module group

Returns: string

Class ApiQueryDeletedrevs

since 1.25

Member ApiQueryImageInfo::getProperties ($modulePrefix= '')

since 1.25

Parameters

string $modulePrefix

Returns: array

Member ApiQueryImageInfo::getPropertyDescriptions ($filter=[], $modulePrefix= '')

since 1.25

Parameters

array	$filter	List of properties to filter out
string	$modulePrefix

Returns: array

Member ApiQueryInfo::getBlockToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getDeleteToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getEditToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getEmailToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getImportToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getMoveToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getOptionsToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getProtectToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getTokenFunctions ()

since 1.24

Returns: array [ tokenname => function ]

Member ApiQueryInfo::getUnblockToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::getWatchToken ($pageid, $title)

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryInfo::resetTokenCache ()

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryLogEvents::addLogParams ($result, &$vals, $params, $type, $action, $ts, $legacy=false)

since 1.25 Use LogFormatter::formatParametersForApi instead

Parameters

ApiResult	$result
array	$vals
string	$params
string	$type
string	$action
string	$ts
bool	$legacy

Returns: array

Member ApiQueryRecentChanges::getPatrolToken ($pageid, $title, $rc=null)

since 1.24

Parameters

int	$pageid
Title	$title
RecentChange \| null	$rc

Returns: bool|string

Member ApiQueryRecentChanges::getTokenFunctions ()

since 1.24

Returns: array [ tokenname => function ]

Member ApiQueryRevisions::getRollbackToken ($pageid, $title, $rev)

since 1.24

Parameters

int	$pageid
Title	$title
Revision	$rev

Returns: bool|string

Member ApiQueryRevisions::getTokenFunctions ()

since 1.24

Member ApiQueryUsers::getTokenFunctions ()

since 1.24

Returns: array Array of tokenname => function

Member ApiQueryUsers::getUserrightsToken ($user)

since 1.24

Parameters

User $user

Returns: string

Member ApiResult::beginContinuation ($continue, array $allModules=[], array $generatedModules=[])

since 1.25, use ApiContinuationManager instead

Parameters

string \| null	$continue
	ApiBase[]	$allModules
array	$generatedModules

Returns: array

Member ApiResult::cleanUpUTF8 ()

since 1.25

Member ApiResult::convertStatusToArray ($status, $errorType= 'error')

since 1.25, use ApiErrorFormatter::arrayFromStatus()

Parameters

Status	$status
string	$errorType

Returns: array

Member ApiResult::disableSizeCheck ()

since 1.24, use ApiResult::NO_SIZE_CHECK

Member ApiResult::enableSizeCheck ()

since 1.24, use ApiResult::NO_SIZE_CHECK

Member ApiResult::endContinuation ($style= 'standard')

since 1.25, use ApiContinuationManager instead

Parameters

string $style 'standard' for the new style since 1.21, 'raw' for the style used in 1.20 and earlier.

Member ApiResult::getData ()

since 1.25, use $this->getResultData() instead

Returns: array

Member ApiResult::getIsRawMode ()

since 1.25, you shouldn't have been using it in the first place

Returns: bool

Member ApiResult::setContent (&$arr, $value, $subElemName=null)

since 1.25, use self::setContentValue() instead

Parameters

array	$arr	To add the content element to
mixed	$value
string	$subElemName	When present, content element is created as a sub item of $arr. Use this parameter to create elements in format "<elem>text</elem>" without attributes.

Member ApiResult::setContinueParam (ApiBase $module, $paramName, $paramValue)

since 1.25, use ApiContinuationManager instead

Parameters

ApiBase	$module
string	$paramName
string \| array	$paramValue

Member ApiResult::setElement (&$arr, $name, $value, $flags=0)

since 1.25, use self::setValue() instead

Parameters

array	$arr	To add $value to
string	$name	Index of $arr to add $value at
mixed	$value
int	$flags	Zero or more OR-ed flags like OVERRIDE \| ADD_ON_TOP. This parameter used to be boolean, and the value of OVERRIDE=1 was specifically chosen so that it would be backwards compatible with the new method signature.

Member ApiResult::setGeneratorContinueParam (ApiBase $module, $paramName, $paramValue)

since 1.25, use ApiContinuationManager instead

Parameters

ApiBase	$module
string	$paramName
string \| array	$paramValue

Member ApiResult::setIndexedTagName_internal ($path, $tag)

since 1.25, use $this->addIndexedTagName() instead

Parameters

array	$path	Path to the array, like addValue()'s $path
string	$tag

Member ApiResult::setIndexedTagName_recursive (&$arr, $tag)

since 1.25, use self::setIndexedTagNameRecursive() instead

Parameters

array	$arr
string	$tag	Tag name

Member ApiResult::setMainForContinuation (ApiMain $main)

for backwards compatibility only, do not use

Parameters

ApiMain $main

Member ApiResult::setParsedLimit ($moduleName, $limit)

since 1.25, use $this->addParsedLimit() instead

Parameters

string	$moduleName
int	$limit

Member ApiResult::setRawMode ($flag=true)

since 1.25, you shouldn't have been using it in the first place

Since: 1.23 $flag parameter added

Parameters

bool $flag Set the raw mode flag to this state

Member ApiResult::size ($value)

since 1.25, no external users known and there doesn't seem to be any case for such use over just checking the return value from the add/set methods.

Parameters

mixed $value

Returns: int

Class ApiTokens

since 1.24

Member ArchivedFile::getUserText ()

since 1.23 Use getUser( 'text' ) instead.

Returns: string

Member Article::fetchContent ()

since 1.21, use WikiPage::getContent() instead

Member Article::getAutosummary ($oldtext, $newtext, $flags)

since 1.21, use ContentHandler::getAutosummary() instead

Member Article::getContent ()

since 1.21; use WikiPage::getContent() instead

Member Article::onArticleCreate ($title)

since 1.24, use WikiPage::onArticleCreate() instead

Member Article::onArticleDelete ($title)

since 1.24, use WikiPage::onArticleDelete() instead

Member Article::onArticleEdit ($title)

since 1.24, use WikiPage::onArticleEdit() instead

Member Article::selectFields ()

since 1.24, use WikiPage::selectFields() instead

Class AuthPlugin

since 1.27

Member AuthPlugin::initUser (&$user, $autocreate=false)

since 1.26, use the UserLoggedIn hook instead. And assigning a different User object to $user is no longer supported.

Parameters

User	$user
bool	$autocreate	True if user is being autocreated on login

Member AuthPlugin::updateExternalDB ($user)

since 1.26, use the UserSaveSettings hook instead.

Parameters

User $user

Returns: bool

Member AuthPlugin::updateExternalDBGroups ($user, $addgroups, $delgroups=[])

since 1.26, use the UserGroupsChanged hook instead.

Parameters

User	$user
array	$addgroups	Groups to add.
array	$delgroups	Groups to remove.

Returns: bool

Member AuthPlugin::updateUser (&$user)

since 1.26, use the UserLoggedIn hook instead. And assigning a different User object to $user is no longer supported.

Parameters

User $user

Returns: bool

Class AuthPluginUser

since 1.27

Member AuthPluginUser::isHidden ()

since 1.26, use the UserIsHidden hook instead.

Returns: bool

Member AuthPluginUser::isLocked ()

since 1.26, use the UserIsLocked hook instead.

Returns: bool

Member AuthPluginUser::resetAuthToken ()

since 1.28, use SessionManager::invalidateSessionForUser() instead.

Class CdbException

since 1.25

Class CdbReader

since 1.25

Class CdbWriter

since 1.25

Member CdnCacheUpdate::newSimplePurge (Title $title)

1.27

Member ChangesList::insertArticleLink (&$s, RecentChange $rc, $unpatrolled, $watched)

since 1.27, use getArticleLink instead.

Member codepointToUtf8 ($codepoint)

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Utils directly

Member ConfigFactory::getDefaultInstance ()

since 1.27, use MediaWikiServices::getConfigFactory() instead.

Member ContextSource::getStats ()

since 1.27 use a StatsdDataFactory from MediaWikiServices (preferably injected)

Member DerivativeContext::getStats ()

since 1.27 use a StatsdDataFactory from MediaWikiServices (preferably injected)

Member DifferenceEngine::generateDiffBody ($otext, $ntext)

since 1.21, use generateContentDiffBody() instead!

Member DummyLinker::getInternalLinkAttributes ($title, $unused=null, $class= '')

since 1.27

Member DummyLinker::getInternalLinkAttributesObj ($nt, $unused=null, $class= '', $title=false)

since 1.27

Member DummyLinker::getInterwikiLinkAttributes ($title, $unused=null, $class= 'external')

since 1.27

Member DummyLinker::getLinkColour ($t, $threshold)

since 1.28, use LinkRenderer::getLinkClasses() instead

Member EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX

since 1.27, use \MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX

Member EmailNotification::updateWatchlistTimestamp (User $editor, LinkTarget $linkTarget, $timestamp)

since 1.27 use WatchedItemStore::updateNotificationTimestamp directly

Member escapeSingleString ($string)

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Utils directly

Member EventRelayerGroup::singleton ()

since 1.27 Use MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getEventRelayerGroup()

Returns: EventRelayerGroup

Member FileRepo::streamFile ($virtualUrl, $headers=[])

since 1.26, use streamFileWithStatus

Parameters

string	$virtualUrl
array	$headers	Additional HTTP headers to send on success

Returns: bool Success

Class FileRepoStatus

1.25

Class FSRepo

since 1.19

Member GenderCache::singleton ()

in 1.28 see MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getGenderCache()

Returns: GenderCache

Member hexSequenceToUtf8 ($sequence)

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Utils directly

Member HTMLFileCache::newFromTitle ($title, $action)

Since 1.24, instantiate this class directly

Member HTMLForm::isVForm ()

since 1.25

Returns: bool

File HtmlFormatter.php

since 1.27, use HtmlFormatter\HtmlFormatter

Class HWLDFWordAccumulator

Alias for WordAccumulator, to be soon removed

Member IContextSource::getStats ()

since 1.27 use a StatsdDataFactory from MediaWikiServices (preferably injected)

Class ImageGallery

since 1.22 Use ImageGalleryBase::factory instead.

Member Interwiki::fetch ($prefix)

since 1.28, use InterwikiLookup instead

Member Interwiki::getAllPrefixes ($local=null)

since 1.28, unused. Use InterwikiLookup instead.

Member Interwiki::isValidInterwiki ($prefix)

since 1.28, use InterwikiLookup instead

Class IPSet

since 1.26 use IPSet\IPSet directly

Member Job::batchInsert ($jobs)

since 1.21

Member Job::insert ()

since 1.21

Member JsonContent::getJsonData ()

since 1.25 Use getData instead.

Returns: array|null

Member Language::initEncoding ()

No-op since 1.28

Member Language::recodeForEdit ($s)

No-op since 1.28

Member Language::recodeInput ($s)

No-op since 1.28

Member LBFactory::destroyInstance ()

since 1.27, use LBFactory::destroy()

Member LBFactory::singleton ()

since 1.27, use MediaWikiServices::getDBLoadBalancerFactory() instead.

Member LinkCache::addLink ($title)

since 1.27, unused

Parameters

string $title Prefixed DB key

Returns: int Page ID or zero

Member LinkCache::singleton ()

since 1.28, use MediaWikiServices instead

Member Linker::getInternalLinkAttributes ($title, $unused=null, $class= '')

since 1.25

Member Linker::getInternalLinkAttributesObj ($nt, $unused=null, $class= '', $title=false)

since 1.25

Member Linker::getInterwikiLinkAttributes ($title, $unused=null, $class= 'external')

since 1.25

Member Linker::getLinkAttributesInternal ($title, $class)

since 1.25

Member Linker::getLinkColour (LinkTarget $t, $threshold)

since 1.28, use LinkRenderer::getLinkClasses() instead

Member Linker::link ($target, $html=null, $customAttribs=[], $query=[], $options=[])

since 1.28, use MediaWiki\Linker\LinkRenderer instead

Member Linker::linkKnown ($target, $html=null, $customAttribs=[], $query=[], $options=[ 'known'])

since 1.28, use MediaWiki\Linker\LinkRenderer instead

See Also: Linker::link

Returns: string

Member LoginFormAuthManager::clearCreateaccountToken ()

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::clearLoginThrottle ($username)

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::clearLoginToken ()

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::getCreateaccountToken ()

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::getLoginToken ()

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::getValidErrorMessages ()

since 1.27 - call LoginHelper::getValidErrorMessages instead.

Member LoginFormAuthManager::incLoginThrottle ($username)

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::incrementLoginThrottle ($username)

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::setCreateaccountToken ()

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormAuthManager::setLoginToken ()

since 1.27 - don't use LoginForm, use AuthManager instead

Member LoginFormPreAuthManager::incLoginThrottle ($username)

Use LoginForm::incrementLoginThrottle instead

Parameters

string $username The user name

Returns: bool|int true if above throttle, or 0 (prior to 1.27, returned current count)

Member LoginFormPreAuthManager::setCreateaccountToken ()

since 1.27

Member LoginFormPreAuthManager::setLoginToken ()

since 1.27

Member MagicWord::replaceMultiple ($magicarr, $subject, &$result)

since 1.25, unused

Member MediaTransformOutput::streamFile ($headers=[])

since 1.26, use streamFileWithStatus

Parameters

array $headers Additional HTTP headers to send on success

Returns: bool Success

Member MediaWiki::callLegacyAuthPlugin ($method, array $params, $return=null)

For backwards compatibility only, should be avoided in new code

Parameters

string	$method	AuthPlugin method to call
array	$params	Parameters to pass
mixed	$return	Return value if AuthPlugin wasn't called

Returns: mixed Return value from the AuthPlugin method, or $return

Member MediaWiki::forcePrimaryAuthenticationProviders (array $providers, $why)

For backwards compatibility only

Parameters

	PrimaryAuthenticationProvider[]	$providers
string	$why

Class MediaWiki

since 1.27

Class MediaWiki

since 1.27

Class MediaWiki

since 1.27

Class MediaWiki

since 1.27

Member MediaWiki::autoCreateUser (User $user)

since 1.27, use MediaWiki\Auth\AuthManager::autoCreateUser instead

Parameters

User $user User to auto-create

Returns: bool Success

Member MediaWikiTestCase::assertNotTag ($matcher, $actual, $message= '', $isHtml=true)

Member MediaWikiTestCase::assertTag ($matcher, $actual, $message= '', $isHtml=true)

Class MemCachedClientforWiki

since 1.27

Member MessageBlobStore::get (ResourceLoader $resourceLoader, $modules, $lang)

since 1.27 Use getBlobs() instead

Returns: array

Member MessageBlobStore::insertMessageBlob ($name, ResourceLoaderModule $module, $lang)

since 1.27 Obsolete. Used to populate a cache table in the database.

Returns: bool

Member MWExceptionHandler::getLogId ($e)

since 1.27: Exception IDs are synonymous with request IDs.

Parameters

Exception | Throwable $e

Returns: string

Class MWMemcached

since 1.27

Member MWTimestamp::getHumanTimestamp (MWTimestamp $relativeTo=null, User $user=null, Language $lang=null)

since 1.26 Use Language::getHumanTimestamp directly

Member ObjectCache::newAccelerator ($params=[], $fallback=null)

1.27

Member OutputPage::$mDebugtext

since 1.20; use MWDebug class instead.

Member OutputPage::addExtensionStyle ($url)

since 1.27 use addModuleStyles() or addStyle() instead

Parameters

string $url Path to sheet. Provide either a full url (beginning with 'http', etc) or a relative path from the document root (beginning with '/'). Otherwise it behaves identically to addStyle() and draws from the /skins folder.

Member OutputPage::addParserOutputNoText ($parserOutput)

since 1.24, use addParserOutputMetadata() instead.

Parameters

ParserOutput $parserOutput

Member OutputPage::getExtStyle ()

since 1.27

Returns: array

Member OutputPage::getHeadLinks ()

since 1.24 Use OutputPage::headElement or if you have to, OutputPage::getHeadLinksArray directly.

Member OutputPage::rateLimited ()

since 1.25; throw the exception directly

Member OutputPage::readOnlyPage ()

since 1.25; throw the exception directly

Exceptions

ReadOnlyError

Member OutputPage::setETag ($tag)

since 1.28 Obsolete - wgUseETag experiment was removed.

Parameters

string $tag

Member OutputPage::setSquidMaxage ($maxage)

since 1.27 Use setCdnMaxage() instead

Member Parser::$mUniqPrefix

since 1.26; use Parser::MARKER_PREFIX instead.

Member Parser::disableCache ()

since 1.28; use getOutput()->updateCacheExpiry()

Member Parser::getRandomString ()

since 1.26; use wfRandomString() instead.

Member Parser::replaceUnusualEscapes ($url)

since 1.24, use normalizeLinkUrl

Parameters

string $url

Returns: string

Member Parser::uniqPrefix ()

since 1.26; use Parser::MARKER_PREFIX instead.

Class PrefixSearch

Since 1.27, Use SearchEngine::prefixSearchSubpages or SearchEngine::completionSearch

Member PrefixSearch::titleSearch ($search, $limit, $namespaces=[], $offset=0)

Since 1.23, use TitlePrefixSearch or StringPrefixSearch classes

Class ProfileSection

1.25 No-op now

Member QueryPage::tryLastResult ()

since 1.27

Member RedisConnectionPool::handleException ($server, RedisConnRef $cref, RedisException $e)

since 1.23

Member RequestContext::getStats ()

since 1.27 use a StatsdDataFactory from MediaWikiServices (preferably injected)

Class ResetUserTokens

since 1.27, use $wgAuthenticationTokenVersion instead.

Member ResourceLoader::makeLoaderConditionalScript ($script)

since 1.25; use makeInlineScript instead

Parameters

string $script JavaScript code

Returns: string

Member ResourceLoaderModule::getDefinitionMtime (ResourceLoaderContext $context)

since 1.26 Superseded by getVersionHash()

Parameters

ResourceLoaderContext $context

Returns: int UNIX timestamp

Member ResourceLoaderModule::getHashMtime (ResourceLoaderContext $context)

since 1.26 Superseded by getVersionHash()

Parameters

ResourceLoaderContext $context

Returns: int UNIX timestamp

Member ResourceLoaderModule::getModifiedHash (ResourceLoaderContext $context)

since 1.26 Use getDefinitionSummary() instead

Parameters

ResourceLoaderContext $context

Returns: string|null Hash

Member ResourceLoaderModule::getModifiedTime (ResourceLoaderContext $context)

since 1.26 Use getDefinitionSummary() instead

Parameters

ResourceLoaderContext $context Context object

Returns: int|null UNIX timestamp

Member Revision::getRawComment ()

since 1.25, use getComment( Revision::RAW )

Member Revision::getRawUser ()

since 1.25, use getUser( Revision::RAW )

Member Revision::getRawUserText ()

since 1.25, use getUserText( Revision::RAW )

Member Revision::getText ($audience=self::FOR_PUBLIC, User $user=null)

since 1.21, use getContent() instead

Member Revision::userWasLastToEdit ($db, $pageId, $userId, $since)

since 1.24

Class RevisiondeleteAction

since 1.25 This class has been replaced by SpecialPageAction, but you really shouldn't have been using it outside core in the first place

Class RunningStat

since 1.27 use RunningStat\RunningStat directly

Member SearchEngine::create ($type=null)

since 1.27; Use SearchEngineFactory::create

Parameters

string $type Type of search backend, if not the default

Returns: SearchEngine

Member SearchEngine::defaultNamespaces ()

since 1.27; use SearchEngineConfig::defaultNamespaces()

Returns: array

Member SearchEngine::getNearMatch ($searchterm)

since 1.27; Use SearchEngine::getNearMatcher()

Parameters

string $searchterm

Returns: Title

Member SearchEngine::getNearMatchResultSet ($searchterm)

since 1.27; Use SearchEngine::getNearMatcher()

Parameters

string $searchterm

Returns: SearchResultSet

Member SearchEngine::getOpenSearchTemplate ()

since 1.25

Returns: string

Member SearchEngine::getSearchTypes ()

since 1.27; use SearchEngineConfig::getSearchTypes()

Returns: array

Member SearchEngine::namespacesAsText ($namespaces)

since 1.27; use SearchEngineConfig::namespacesAsText()

Parameters

array $namespaces

Returns: array

Member SearchEngine::searchableNamespaces ()

since 1.27; use SearchEngineConfig::searchableNamespaces()

Returns: array

Member SearchEngine::userNamespaces ($user)

since 1.27; use SearchEngineConfig::userNamespaces()

Parameters

user $user

Returns: array

Member SiteConfiguration::$localVHosts

since 1.25; use $wgLocalVirtualHosts instead.

Member SiteSQLStore::newInstance ($sitesTable=null, BagOStuff $cache=null)

1.27 use MediaWikiServices::getSiteStore() or MediaWikiServices::getSiteLookup() instead.

Member SiteStats::views ()

since 1.25

Returns: int

Member Skin::commentBlock ($comment, $title=null, $local=false, $wikiId=null)

in 1.21

Member Skin::generateRollback ($rev, IContextSource $context=null, $options=[ 'verify'])

in 1.21

Member Skin::link ($target, $html=null, $customAttribs=[], $query=[], $options=[])

in 1.21

Member Skin::linkKnown ($target, $html=null, $customAttribs=[], $query=[], $options=[ 'known', 'noclasses'])

in 1.21

Member Skin::showIPinHeader ()

since 1.27, feature removed

Returns: bool Always false

Member Skin::userLink ($userId, $userName, $altUserName=false)

in 1.21

Member Skin::userToolLinks ($userId, $userText, $redContribsWhenNoEdits=false, $flags=0, $edits=null)

in 1.21

Member SkinFactory::getDefaultInstance ()

in 1.27

Returns: SkinFactory

Member SpecialPage::getTitle ($subpage=false)

since 1.23, use SpecialPage::getPageTitle

Member SpecialPageFactory::getList ()

since 1.24, use getNames() instead.

Returns: array

Class SpecialResetTokens

1.26

Class SquidUpdate

since 1.27

Member Status::getErrorsArray ()

1.25

Member Status::getWarningsArray ()

1.25

Class StringPrefixSearch

Since 1.27, Use SearchEngine::prefixSearchSubpages or SearchEngine::completionSearch

Member TablePager::getBody ()

since 1.24, use getBodyOutput() or getFullOutput() instead

Returns: string

Member TextContent::getHighlightHtml ()

since 1.24. Use getHtml() instead. In particular, subclasses overriding getHighlightHtml() should override getHtml() instead.

Member Title::getSquidURLs ()

since 1.27 use getCdnUrls()

Member Title::getTitleInvalidRegex ()

since 1.25, use MediaWikiTitleCodec::getTitleInvalidRegex() instead

Member Title::isValidMoveOperation (&$nt, $auth=true, $reason= '')

since 1.25, use MovePage's methods instead

Parameters

Title	$nt	The new title
bool	$auth	Whether to check user permissions (uses $wgUser)
string	$reason	Is the log summary of the move, used for spam checking

Returns: array|bool True on success, getUserPermissionsErrors()-like array on failure

Member Title::isValidMoveTarget ($nt)

since 1.25, use MovePage's methods instead

Parameters

Title $nt The new title to check

Returns: bool

Member Title::moveNoAuth (&$nt)

since 1.25 use MovePage class instead

Parameters

Title $nt The new page Title

Returns: array|bool True on success, getUserPermissionsErrors()-like array on failure

Member Title::moveTo (&$nt, $auth=true, $reason= '', $createRedirect=true)

since 1.25, use the MovePage class instead

Parameters

Title	$nt	The new title
bool	$auth	Indicates whether $wgUser's permissions should be checked
string	$reason	The reason for the move
bool	$createRedirect	Whether to create a redirect from the old title to the new title. Ignored if the user doesn't have the suppressredirect right.

Returns: array|bool True on success, getUserPermissionsErrors()-like array on failure

Class TitlePrefixSearch

Since 1.27, Use SearchEngine::prefixSearchSubpages or SearchEngine::completionSearch

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_FIRST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_LAST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_LBASE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_LCOUNT

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_LEND

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_NCOUNT

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_TBASE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_TCOUNT

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_TEND

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_VBASE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_VCOUNT

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_HANGUL_VEND

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_MAX

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_REPLACEMENT

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_SURROGATE_FIRST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UNICODE_SURROGATE_LAST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member User::addNewUserLogEntry ($action=false, $reason= '')

since 1.27, AuthManager handles logging

Parameters

string \| bool	$action	Account creation type. String, one of the following values: 'create' for an anonymous user creating an account for himself. This will force the action's performer to be the created user itself, no matter the value of $wgUser 'create2' for a logged in user creating an account for someone else 'byemail' when the created user will receive its password by e-mail 'autocreate' when the user is automatically created (such as by CentralAuth). Boolean means whether the account was created by e-mail (deprecated): true will be converted to 'byemail' false will be converted to 'create' if this object is the same as $wgUser and to 'create2' otherwise
string	$reason	User supplied reason

Returns: int|bool True if not $wgNewUserLog or not $wgDisableAuthManager; otherwise ID of log item or 0 on failure

Member User::addNewUserLogEntryAutoCreate ()

since 1.27, AuthManager handles logging

Returns: bool

Member User::checkPassword ($password)

since 1.27, use AuthManager instead

Parameters

string $password User password

Returns: bool True if the given password is correct, otherwise False

Member User::checkTemporaryPassword ($plaintext)

since 1.27, use AuthManager instead

Parameters

string $plaintext

Returns: bool True if matches, false otherwise

Member User::clearCookie ($name, $secure=null, $params=[])

since 1.27

Parameters

string	$name	Name of the cookie to clear
bool	$secure	true: Force setting the secure attribute when setting the cookie false: Force NOT setting the secure attribute when setting the cookie null (default): Use the default ($wgCookieSecure) to set the secure attribute
array	$params	Array of options sent passed to WebResponse::setcookie()

Member User::comparePasswords ($hash, $password, $userId=false)

since 1.24, use Password class

Member User::crypt ($password, $salt=false)

since 1.24, use Password class

Member User::EDIT_TOKEN_SUFFIX

since 1.27, use \MediaWiki\Session\Token::SUFFIX

Member User::edits ($uid)

since 1.21 in favour of User::getEditCount

Member User::getEditTokenTimestamp ($val)

since 1.27, use \MediaWiki\Session\Token::getTimestamp instead.

Parameters

string $val Input token

Returns: int|null

Member User::getPassword ()

Removed in 1.27.

Returns: Password

Since: 1.24

Member User::getPasswordFactory ()

since 1.27, create a PasswordFactory directly instead

Returns: PasswordFactory

Member User::getTemporaryPassword ()

Removed in 1.27.

Returns: Password

Since: 1.24

Member User::getTokenFromOption ($oname)

1.26 Applications should use the OAuth extension

Member User::isPasswordReminderThrottled ()

Removed in 1.27. See above.

Returns: bool

Member User::passwordChangeInputAttribs ()

since 1.27

Returns: array Array of HTML attributes suitable for feeding to Html::element(), directly or indirectly. (Don't feed to Xml::*()! That will get confused by the boolean attribute syntax used.)

Member User::randomPassword ()

since 1.27, use PasswordFactory::generateRandomPasswordString()

Returns: string New random password

Member User::setCookie ($name, $value, $exp=0, $secure=null, $params=[], $request=null)

since 1.27

Parameters

string	$name	Name of the cookie to set
string	$value	Value to set
int	$exp	Expiration time, as a UNIX time value; if 0 or not specified, use the default $wgCookieExpiration
bool	$secure	true: Force setting the secure attribute when setting the cookie false: Force NOT setting the secure attribute when setting the cookie null (default): Use the default ($wgCookieSecure) to set the secure attribute
array	$params	Array of options sent passed to WebResponse::setcookie()
WebRequest \| null	$request	WebRequest object to use; $wgRequest will be used if null is passed.

Member User::setExtendedLoginCookie ($name, $value, $secure)

since 1.27

Parameters

string	$name	Name of the cookie to set
string	$value	Value to set
bool	$secure	true: Force setting the secure attribute when setting the cookie false: Force NOT setting the secure attribute when setting the cookie null (default): Use the default ($wgCookieSecure) to set the secure attribute

Member User::setInternalPassword ($str)

since 1.27, use AuthManager instead

Parameters

string | null $str New password to set or null to set an invalid password hash meaning that the user will not be able to log in through the web interface.

Member User::setNewpassword ($str, $throttle=true)

Removed in 1.27. Use PasswordReset instead.

Parameters

string	$str	New password to set or null to set an invalid password hash meaning that the user will not be able to use it
bool	$throttle	If true, reset the throttle timestamp to the present

Member User::setPassword ($str)

since 1.27, use AuthManager instead

Parameters

string $str New password to set

Exceptions

PasswordError On failure

Returns: bool

File Usercreate.php

Will be removed when AuthManager lands. The signup form will be generated via HTMLForm.

File Userlogin.php

Will be removed when AuthManager lands. The login form will be generated via HTMLForm.

Member UTF8_FDD0

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_FDEF

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_FFFE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_FFFF

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_FIRST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_LAST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_LBASE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_LEND

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_TBASE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_TEND

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_VBASE

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HANGUL_VEND

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_HEAD

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_MAX

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_OVERLONG_A

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_OVERLONG_B

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_OVERLONG_C

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_REPLACEMENT

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_SURROGATE_FIRST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_SURROGATE_LAST

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member UTF8_TAIL

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Constants instead

Member utf8ToCodepoint ($char)

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Utils directly

Class UtfNormal

since 1.25, use UtfNormal\Validator directly

Member WatchedItem::$checkRights

Internal class use only

Member WatchedItem::$title

Internal class use only

Member WatchedItem::addWatch ()

since 1.27 Use User::addWatch()

Returns: bool

Member WatchedItem::CHECK_USER_RIGHTS

since 1.27, see User::CHECK_USER_RIGHTS

Member WatchedItem::DEPRECATED_USAGE_TIMESTAMP

Internal class use only

Member WatchedItem::duplicateEntries (Title $oldTitle, Title $newTitle)

since 1.27 Use WatchedItemStore::duplicateAllAssociatedEntries()

Member WatchedItem::fromUserTitle ($user, $title, $checkRights=User::CHECK_USER_RIGHTS)

since 1.27 Use the constructor, WatchedItemStore::getWatchedItem() or WatchedItemStore::loadWatchedItem()

Member WatchedItem::getTitle ()

Internal class use only

Member WatchedItem::IGNORE_USER_RIGHTS

since 1.27, see User::IGNORE_USER_RIGHTS

Member WatchedItem::isWatched ()

since 1.27 Use User::isWatched()

Returns: bool

Member WatchedItem::removeWatch ()

since 1.27 Use User::removeWatch()

Returns: bool

Member WebRequest::checkSessionCookie ()

since 1.27, use \MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager::singleton()->getPersistedSessionId() instead.

Returns: bool

Member wfBaseConvert ($input, $sourceBase, $destBase, $pad=1, $lowercase=true, $engine= 'auto')

1.27 Use Wikimedia\base_convert() directly

Member wfDiff ($before, $after, $params= '-u')

since 1.25, use DiffEngine/UnifiedDiffFormatter directly

Member wfErrorLog ($text, $file, array $context=[])

since 1.25 Use \MediaWiki\Logger\LegacyLogger::emit or UDPTransport

Member wfFixSessionID ()

since 1.27, PHP's session generation isn't used with MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager

Member wfGetLB ($wiki=false)

since 1.27, use MediaWikiServices::getDBLoadBalancer() or MediaWikiServices::getDBLoadBalancerFactory() instead.

Member wfGetLBFactory ()

since 1.27, use MediaWikiServices::getDBLoadBalancerFactory() instead.

Member wfProfileIn ($functionname)

1.25

Member wfProfileOut ($functionname= 'missing')

1.25

Member wfResetSessionID ()

since 1.27, use MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager instead

Since: 1.22

Member wfRestoreWarnings ()

since 1.26, use MediaWiki\restoreWarnings() directly Restore error level to previous value

Member wfRunHooks ($event, array $args=[], $deprecatedVersion=null)

1.25 - use Hooks::run

Member wfSetupSession ($sessionId=false)

since 1.27, use MediaWiki\Session\SessionManager instead. Generally, "using" SessionManager will be calling ->getSessionById() or ::getGlobalSession() (depending on whether you were passing $sessionId here), then calling $session->persist().

Parameters

bool | string $sessionId

Member wfSuppressWarnings ($end=false)