Manual:renameRestrictions.php

MediaWiki file: renameRestrictions.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.43.0 • 1.42.4 • 1.39.11
Classes:	RenameRestrictions

Details

renameRestrictions.php is a maintenance script that updates the page_restrictions and protected_titles tables to use a new name for a given restriction level.

MediaWiki has many built-in protection levels. Using this script, we can update the page_restrictions table to rename any current restriction level.

Arguments

Argument	Description	Required
oldlevel	Old name of restriction level	Required
newlevel	New name of restriction level	Required

Usage

php maintenance/renameRestrictions.php oldlevel newlevel

Terminal

$ php maintenance/renameRestrictions.php sysop user

See also

• Manual:Protect.php
• Manual:Protection
• Manual:Administrators