Translations:Manual:Index.php/6/en

As of MediaWiki version 1.18, some of the startup logic has been moved from index.php, and index.php performs the following actions:
 * 1) Check the version of PHP and if its not 5.2.3 or higher, display an error.
 * 2) Include $webstart, which in turn includes $localsettings, $setup and some other files.
 * 3) Instantiate a MediaWiki object called $mW, which is defined in $wiki.
 * 4) Call.