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| <span id="needs-updatephp">needs-updatephp</span>|| '''''Yes''''' indicates that the extension requires a database table schema change or a similar action, before the MediaWiki can run. It is a common pitfall: your MediaWiki will stall, if you forgot to run update.php - if the extension requires it. '''''No''''' should be set as a value since this assures that the extension does not need update.php to be run and thus avoids uncertainty | | <span id="needs-updatephp">needs-updatephp</span>|| '''''Yes''''' indicates that the extension requires a database table schema change or a similar action, before the MediaWiki can run. It is a common pitfall: your MediaWiki will stall, if you forgot to run update.php - if the extension requires it. '''''No''''' should be set as a value since this assures that the extension does not need update.php to be run and thus avoids uncertainty | ||
Extensions which conform to MediaWiki extension standards come with a '''schema change script which you need to start manually''' (once) before starting and accessing the MediaWiki through your browser, and after you copied all the extension files to <code>$IP/extensions/ExtensionName</code> and inserted <code> | Extensions which conform to MediaWiki extension standards come with a '''schema change script which you need to start manually''' (once) before starting and accessing the MediaWiki through your browser, and after you copied all the extension files to <code>$IP/extensions/ExtensionName</code> and inserted <code>wfLoadExtension( "ExtensionName");</code> into "LocalSettings.php", run from the command line: | ||
cd path/to/wiki_install_directory | |||
cd maintenance | |||
php update.php | |||
{{TNT|$IP}} | {{TNT|$IP}} | ||