Manual:convertUserOptions.php

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

Details

convertUserOptions.php file is a maintenance script to convert user options to the new user_properties table.

Prior to MediaWiki 1.18, the user.user_options field was used to store users' Special:Preferences information as list of name=value pairs. This script converts these fields to the new user_properties table.

Options

This script does not accept any options.

Usage

php maintenance/convertUserOptions.php

Terminal

$  php maintenance/convertUserOptions.php

...batch conversion of user_options: nothing to migrate.

See also

• userOptions.php
• initUserPreference.php
• User preferences