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MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.6

MediaWiki file: updateArticleCount.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.46.2 • 1.45.6 • 1.43.11
Classes:	UpdateArticleCount

updateArticleCount.php is a maintenance script which updates the article count.

It simply counts the total articles on the wiki and updates the statistics in site_stats table.

Options

Option	Description	Required?
--update	Update the `site_stats` table with the new count	Optional
--use-master	Count using the primary database	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/run.php updateArticleCount [ --update| --use-master ]

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php updateArticleCount

Counting articles...found 40.

In MediaWiki version MediaWiki 1.39 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

It will only count the number of articles and output the result, without updating the value.

To update the site statistics table, run the script with the --update option.

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php updateArticleCount --update

Counting articles...found 40.
Updating site statistics table... done.

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