Manual:rebuildtextindex.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.2

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

Details

rebuildtextindex.php is a maintenance script used to [re]create the text index, i.e., rebuild the searchindex table, that allows users to use the search facility in your wiki. You should run it if you see that the search gives no or few results.

This may take several hours, depending on the database size and server configuration.

Options/Arguments

This script does not take any options or arguments.

Usage

php maintenance/rebuildtextindex.php

Terminal

$ php maintenance/rebuildtextindex.php

Dropping index...
Clearing searchindex table...Done
Rebuilding index fields for 29 pages...

Rebuild the index...
Done.

Notes

MediaWiki version:

≤ 1.24

Before MediaWiki 1.25, this script does only add new entries to the searchindex table for existing pages. Still, it doesn't purge that table to remove deleted pages. If you get wrong search results (e.g. because deleted pages are still in the searchindex table data), this script will not help (task T64276). To purge old entries, delete all rows of that table before running the script. This is no longer necessary since MediaWiki 1.25, where this bug has been fixed.

See also

• UpdateSearchIndex.php - a script to rebuild only recently updated pages.
• Rebuildall.php
• RefreshLinks.php
• Rebuildrecentchanges.php