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1 This directory contains a bunch of XMP files
2 as well as a bunch of php files containing what the
3 parsed version of the XMP looks like.
#define the
table suitable for use with IDatabase::select()
globals txt Globals are evil The original MediaWiki code relied on globals for processing context far too often MediaWiki development since then has been a story of slowly moving context out of global variables and into objects Storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way Consider the elegance of
database rows
Definition: globals.txt:10
The most up to date schema for the tables in the database will always be tables sql in the maintenance directory
Definition: schema.txt:2
page as well
Prior to version
Definition: maintenance.txt:1
This document is intended to provide useful advice for parties seeking to redistribute MediaWiki to end users It s targeted particularly at maintainers for Linux since it s been observed that distribution packages of MediaWiki often break We ve consistently had to recommend that users seeking support use official tarballs instead of their distribution s and this often solves whatever problem the user is having It would be nice if this could such as
Definition: distributors.txt:9
Some quick notes on the file repository architecture Functionality as driven by data model *The repository object stores configuration information about a file storage method *The file object is a process local cache of information about a particular file Thus the file object is the primary public entry point for obtaining information about files
Definition: README:3
maintenance dev scripts can help quickly setup a local MediaWiki for development purposes Wikis setup in this way are NOT meant to be publicly available They use a development database not acceptible for use in production Place a sqlite database in an unsafe location a real wiki should never place it in And use predictable default logins for the initial administrator user Running maintenance dev install sh will download and install a local copy of php
Definition: README:5
For a write use something like
Definition: database.txt:26