Manual:compareParserCache.php

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MediaWiki file: compareParserCache.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.41.1 • 1.40.3 • 1.39.7
Classes:	CompareParserCache

Details

compareParserCache.php file is a maintenance script to parse random pages and compare output to cache. This script helps developers test the Parser cache .

Options/Arguments

Option	Description	Required?
--namespace	Page namespace number	<translate> Required</translate>
--maxpages	Number of pages to try	<translate> Required</translate>

Usage

php maintenance/compareParserCache.php --maxpages pages --namespace pagesNamespace

Terminal

$ php maintenance/compareParserCache.php --maxpages 10 --namespace 8

No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:Common.js/Slideshows.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:RefToolbar.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:DebateTree.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:EditToolbar.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:Gadget-removeAccessKeys.js'.
Parsed 'MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js' in 0.3 seconds
Found cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js'... No differences found.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:Gadget-removeAccessKeys.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:RefToolbarMessages-hi.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:Common.js/addin-mooc-localization.js'.
No parser cache entry found for 'MediaWiki:Navigation.js'.

Checked 10 pages; 1 had prior cache entries.
Pages with differences found: 0
Average parse time: 0.3 sec

See also

• Manual:Parser cache
• Manual:Configuration settings
• Manual:CompareParsers.php
• Manual:PurgeParserCache.php