Manual:GlobalFunctions.php

GlobalFunctions.php is a file that contains global functions, including such important functions as wfMessage, which is used for.


 * (replaces the now deprecated wfMsg and wfMsgExt )


 * , called.

wfFindFile
Passing a string (with a file name) or a  object, returns a  object, or if the file does not exist. It's a shortcut for . Use  if you need to get files only from the local repository.

This function was deprecated in MW 1.34 and was finally removed in 1.39. Use instead.

wfRunHooks
wfRunHooks example usage, from  :

wfRandom
wfRandom is used to populate .

wfBaseConvert
Use Wikimedia\base_convert directly. The function used to generate the base-36 SHA-1 text content hash in  is. API modules like  use.

wfTempDir
This function attempts to get the system directory for temporary files.

wfIsCLI
Returns true if the code is being run from the command line.