Manual:nukePage.php
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.6 |
| MediaWiki file: nukePage.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.43.0 • 1.42.4 • 1.39.11 |
| Classes: | NukePage |
Details
[edit]nukePage.php file is a maintenance script to erase a page record from the database irreversibly (you cannot use standard undelete functions to restore it).
The script does not update link tables, which means that links to and from that page will still be present in Special:WhatLinksHere queries, for example.
 Warning: | This script attempts to remove unused entries from the text table, which can cause potential data loss. |
Options/Arguments
[edit]| Option/Argument | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| title | pagetitle is the title of the page you want to delete. Include the namespace and use underscores instead of spaces. | Required |
| --delete | Use this option to actually delete the page. Otherwise it will just print out if the page was found or not, but won't perform any deletion. | Optional |
Usage
[edit]php maintenance/run.php nukePage pageTitle [ --delete ]
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.Dry run to check deletion
[edit]Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php nukePage FooPage Searching for "FooPage"...found "FooPage" with ID 258. Searching for revisions...found 1.
Making deletion action
[edit]Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php nukePage FooPage --delete Searching for "FooPage"...found "FooPage" with ID 258. Searching for revisions...found 1. Deleting page record...done. Cleaning up recent changes...done. Deleting revisions...done. Searching for active text records via contents table...done. Searching for inactive text records...done. 0 inactive items found. Updating site stats...done.