Manual:renameDbPrefix.php

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Details

renameDbPrefix.php file is a maintenance script to change the prefix of database tables.

Run this script after changing $wgDBprefix on a wiki. The wiki will have to get downtime to do this correctly.

Arguments

Option Description Required
--old Old db prefix; 0 for none <translate> Required</translate>
--new New db prefix; 0 for none <translate> Required</translate>

Usage

php maintenance/renameDbPrefix.php --old oldDBprefix --new newDBprefix
Terminal

Common error

Invalid prefix!

This error occurs when either the --old or --new value is incorrect.

See also