Manual:PopulateCategory.php
 | This feature was removed completely in version 1.36. |
| MediaWiki version: | ≤ 1.35 |
| MediaWiki file: populateCategory.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.42.3 • 1.41.4 • 1.39.10 |
| Classes: | PopulateCategory |
Details
populateCategory.php file is a maintenance script to populate the category table. This table keeps track of how many articles, files and subcategories are in a category. It is also used for displaying information on Special:Categories page. This script is automatically run by update.php if updating from before MediaWiki 1.13.
This script was removed for MediaWiki version 1.36 and later.
If you have incorrect counts of how many articles are in a category, see Manual:RecountCategories.php instead.
Options/Arguments
| Option | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| --begin | Only do categories whose names are alphabetically after the provided name | Optional |
| --throttle | Wait this many milliseconds after each category. Default: 0 | Optional |
| --force | Run regardless of whether the database says it's been run already | Optional |
Usage
php maintenance/populateCategory.php [ --begin| --throttle| --force ]
Terminal
$ php maintenance/populateCategory.php
When the script has finished, it will make a note of this in the database, and will not run again without the --force option.