Manual:Maintenance.php
Not to be confused with another file called Maintenance.php, which is in the maintenance folder.
| MediaWiki file: Maintenance.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/includes/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.42.4 • 1.41.5 • 1.39.11 |
| Classes: | Maintenance |
The Maintenance class is the abstract maintenance class for quickly writing and churning out maintenance scripts with minimal effort.
Functions
[edit]addDescription()
[edit]- addDescription( $text);
- $text: set the description text.
addArg()
[edit]- addArg( $arg, $description, $required = true );
- $arg: name of the arg
- $description: short description of the arg
- $required: is this required?
addOption()
[edit]- addOption($name, $description, $required=false, $withArg=false, $shortName=false);
- $required: is the param required?
- $withArg: is an argument required with this option?
- $shortName: character to use as short name
The shortname would be, e.g., 'm' if you wanted -mFast to be an alternative to --mode=Fast.
getArg()
[edit]- getArg( $argId = 0, $default = null );
- $argId: the integer value (from zero) for the arg
- $default: the default if it doesn't exist
getOption()
[edit]- getOption( $name, $default = null );
- $name: the name of the param
- $default: default
outPut()
[edit]- output( $output, $channel = null );
runChild()
[edit]- runChild( $maintClass, $classFile = null );
- maintClass: a name of a child maintenance class
- $classFile: full path of where the child is