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Manual:renameDbPrefix.php

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MediaWiki version:
1.13

Details

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renameDbPrefix.php file is a maintenance script to change the prefix of database tables.

Run this script after changing $wgDBprefix on a wiki. The wiki will have to get downtime to do this correctly.

Arguments

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Option Description Required
--old Old db prefix; 0 for none Required
--new New db prefix; 0 for none Required

Usage

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php maintenance/run.php renameDbPrefix --old oldDBprefix --new newDBprefix
Terminal
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.

Common error

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Invalid prefix!

This error occurs when either the --old or --new value is incorrect.

See also

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