Manual:$wgLocalDatabases
| Database settings: $wgLocalDatabases | |
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| Other wikis on this site, can be administered from a single developer account. |
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| Introduced in version: | 1.3.0 |
| Removed in version: | Still in use |
| Allowed values: | (array of strings) - see below |
| Default value: | [] |
| Other settings: Alphabetical | By function | |
Details
An array of database names. E.g.,
$wgLocalDatabases = [ 'wikipedia', 'meta', 'news' ];
This is used for e.g. $wgConf (SiteConfiguration).
Note that $wgConf->wikis should be the same as $wgLocalDatabases.
It is needed to run a wiki family, for example by using Extension:CentralAuth.
It is also in use by some maintenance scripts like:
User rights on other wikis on this site can be administered from a single developer account (permission: userrights-interwiki).
Troubleshooting
For unclear reasons, since this variable is empty as default, some maintenance scripts will do nothing as default. Some of these are:
- clearInterwikiCache.php - clear the interwiki cache
- rebuildmessages.php - clear messages
- cleanupSpam.php - delete pages with spam URLs
In fact, these scripts do operations on your "local databases" but $wgDBname is not considered one of them as default. A useful contribution would be to clarify this.
See also
- Manual:$wgDBname - the one of the current wiki