Manual:GlobalFunctions.php/en

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
Use instead.

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.

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.