Manual:cleanupUsersWithNoId.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.31

MediaWiki file: cleanupUsersWithNoId.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.43.1 • 1.42.6 • 1.39.12
Classes:	CleanupUsersWithNoId

Details

cleanupUsersWithNoId.php is a maintenance script that cleans up tables that have valid usernames with no user ID. It should once be run in wikis that contain imported revisions or global blocks via the CentralAuth extension.

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?
--prefix	Interwiki prefix to apply to the usernames. This is a required parameter.	Required
--table	Only clean up this table. The name of one single table can be provided here. If not provided, all affected tables will be cleaned up. These are: revision, archive, logging, image, oldimage, filearchive, ipblocks and recentchanges.	Optional
--assign	Assign edits to existing local users if they exist.	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/run.php cleanupUsersWithNoId --prefix [ --table| --assign ]

In MediaWiki version 1.39.12 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php cleanupUsersWithNoId --prefix '*' --table revision

This will only clean up the revision table.

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.

Release changes

Changes since MediaWiki 1.34.1

(T238043) cleanupUsersWithNoId.php: Handle missing fields.