Manual:purgeOldText.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.6

MediaWiki file: purgeOldText.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.42.3 • 1.41.4 • 1.39.10
Classes:	PurgeOldText

Details

purgeOldText.php file is a maintenance script located in the maintenance directory that can be used to clean up unused text records. It will remove from the text table any records which are not linked to any existing or archived revision.

Such orphaned text records should not exist during normal operation. We would expect every record in the text table to be linked from either a record in the revision table or archive table, and we would expect this script to find nothing to do. However such records may be left behind after error scenarios or direct database manipulations. This script will clean them up, and bring things into a consistent state, by deleting orphan text records. The deleted data would not have been reachable. It should have no noticeable impact on pages viewable by any users or administrators.

Because the text table contains the actual wiki page content data, it can occupy significant space, and purging unneeded records could help reduce the size of the database. Optimization of the MySQL text table is advisable after purging lots of text records.

Warning:

This script attempts to remove unused entries from the text table, which can cause potential data loss.

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?
--purge	Does the purge (otherwise only displays the number of orphaned text records).	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/purgeOldText.php [ --purge ]

Terminal

$ php maintenance/purgeOldText.php

Searching for active text records via contents table...done.
Searching for inactive text records...done.
0 inactive items found.

See also

• Purge
• DeleteArchivedRevisions.php - Script to permanently remove (all revisions of) deleted pages. After emptying the archive table, this also purges unneeded text table records.
• PurgePage.php