Manual:findMissingActors.php
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<translate> ≥</translate> 1.34
Gerrit change 625731| <translate> MediaWiki version:</translate> |
| MediaWiki file: findMissingActors.php | |
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| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.41.1 • 1.40.3 • 1.39.7 |
| Classes: | FindMissingActors |
Details
findMissingActors.php is a maintenance script for finding and replacing invalid actor IDs, see <translate> task <tvar name=1>T261325</tvar></translate>.
This allows bad actor IDs to be overwritten with some default. This solves the problem of rows in tables like ipblocks, logging, or revision not being found due to a failing join against the actor table.
Options/Arguments
| Option | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| --field | The name of a database field to process | <translate> Required</translate> |
| --skip | A comma-separated list of actor IDs to skip | <translate> Optional</translate> |
| --overwrite-with | Replace missing actors with this user. Typically, this would be "Unknown user", but it could be any reserved system user (per $wgReservedUsernames) or locally registered user. If not given, invalid actors will only be listed, not fixed. You will be prompted for confirmation before data is written. | <translate> Optional</translate> |
Usage
php maintenance/findMissingActors.php --field [ --skip| --overwrite-with ]
Terminal
$ php maintenance/findMissingActors.php --field log_actor Finding invalid actor IDs in logging.log_actor... Found 0 invalid actor IDs. Done.
