Manual:populateImageSha1.php

MediaWiki versions:

1.19 – 1.43

MediaWiki file: populateImageSha1.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.42.4 • 1.41.5 • 1.39.11
Classes:	PopulateImageSha1

Details

populateImageSha1.php file is a maintenance script to populate the img_sha1 field. The img_sha1 field in the image table is used to store SHA-1 hash of the file contents in base 36 format.

This script runs by default when you run update.php .

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?
--multiversiononly	Calculate only for files with several versions	Optional
--method	Use 'pipe' to pipe to mysql command line, default uses Database class	Optional
--file	Fix for a specific file, without File: namespace prefixed	Optional
--force	Recalculate sha1 for rows that already have a value	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/run.php populateImageSha1 [ --multiversiononly| --method| --file| --force ]

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php populateImageSha1 --force

Populating and recalculating img_sha1 field
Done 0 of 3, 0.000%

Done 3 files in 0.2 seconds

Whenever the script runs, it makes a note in the database and will not run again. If you want to run the script again, run the command with the --force option.

In MediaWiki version 1.39.10 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

See also

• Image table
• Manual:PopulateFilearchiveSha1.php
• Manual:CleanupImages.php
• Manual:CheckImages.php