Manual:GenerateSchemaSql.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.35

MediaWiki file: generateSchemaSql.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.42.3 • 1.41.4 • 1.39.10
Classes:	GenerateSchemaSql

Details

This maintenance script builds SQL files from abstract JSON files. The feature to generate SQL files from abstract JSON file was introduced in MediaWiki 1.35 by RFC: T191231. MediaWiki uses Doctrine DBAL library to generate DDL files from the abstractions. Read more at Manual:Schema changes.

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?	Default value
--json	Path to the json file	Optional	tables.json
--sql	Path to output	Optional	tables-generated.sql
--type	Output database type Can be either 'mysql', 'sqlite', or 'postgres'	Optional	mysql

Usage

actorTable.json

[
	{
		"name": "actor",
		"comment": "The \"actor\" table associates user names or IP addresses with integers for the benefit of other tables that need to refer to either logged-in or logged-out users. If something can only ever be done by logged-in users, it can refer to the user table directly.",
		"columns": [
			{
				"name": "actor_id",
				"comment": "Unique ID to identify each actor",
				"type": "bigint",
				"options": { "unsigned": true, "notnull": true, "autoincrement": true }
			},
			{
				"name": "actor_user",
				"comment": "Key to user.user_id, or NULL for anonymous edits",
				"type": "integer",
				"options": { "unsigned": true, "notnull": false }
			},
			{
				"name": "actor_name",
				"comment": "Text username or IP address",
				"type": "binary",
				"options": { "length": 255, "notnull": true }
			}
		],
		"indexes": [
			{ "name": "actor_user", "columns": [ "actor_user" ], "unique": true },
			{ "name": "actor_name", "columns": [ "actor_name" ], "unique": true }
		],
		"pk": [ "actor_id" ]
	}
]

Generating MySQL file from actorTable.json

Terminal

$ php maintenance/generateSchemaSql.php --json actorTable.json --sql actorTable.sql

Output:

-- This file is automatically generated using maintenance/generateSchemaSql.php.
-- Source: actorTable.json
-- Do not modify this file directly.
-- See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Schema_changes
CREATE TABLE /*_*/actor (
  actor_id BIGINT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
  actor_user INT UNSIGNED DEFAULT NULL,
  actor_name VARBINARY(255) NOT NULL,
  UNIQUE INDEX actor_user (actor_user),
  UNIQUE INDEX actor_name (actor_name),
  PRIMARY KEY(actor_id)
) /*$wgDBTableOptions*/;

Generating SQLite file from actorTable.json