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<td><span id="needs-updatephp">needs-updatephp</span></td><td>'''''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
<td><span id="needs-updatephp">needs-updatephp</span></td><td><code>yes</code> 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. <code>no</code> 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>$IP/extensions/ExtensionName</code> and inserted <code>wfLoadExtension( "ExtensionName");</code> into "LocalSettings.php", run from the command line:
Extensions which conform to MediaWiki extension standards come with a '''schema change script which you need to start manually''' (once) before starting and accessing the MediaWiki through your browser, and after you copied all the extension files to <code>$IP/extensions/ExtensionName</code> and inserted <code>wfLoadExtension( "ExtensionName");</code> into "LocalSettings.php", run from the command line:
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* <code>templatemode=nocats</code> - suppresses categorization and the 'check usage' link. Use this value if you are adding this template to {{ll|Help:Subpage|subpages}} of an extension or to how-to documentation of extensions. For example, the usage image above sets <code>templatemode=nocats</code> because this isn't an actual extension page and we don't want to add this page to any categories on account of it.
* <code>templatemode=nocats</code> - suppresses categorization and the 'check usage' link. Use this value if you are adding this template to {{ll|Help:Subpage|subpages}} of an extension or to how-to documentation of extensions. For example, the usage image above sets <code>templatemode=nocats</code> because this isn't an actual extension page and we don't want to add this page to any categories on account of it.
* ''nousage'' - suppresses the 'check usage' link. Link is also suppressed if the page is a subpage; it is not in the Extension: namespace; or if suppressed by 'templatemode=nocats'
* ''nousage'' - suppresses the 'check usage' link. Link is also suppressed if the page is a subpage; it is not in the Extension: namespace; or if suppressed by 'templatemode=nocats'


If this is left blank, this template will add the host page to [[:Category:All extensions{{#translation:}}]] and to one or more additional categories, depending on the values assigned to the [[#Content parameters|Content parameters]].</td>
If this is left blank, this template will add the host page to [[:Category:All extensions{{#translation:}}]] and to one or more additional categories, depending on the values assigned to the [[#Content parameters|Content parameters]].</td>
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