Manual:GlobalFunctions.php/en

GlobalFunctions.php is a file that contains global functions, including such important functions as wfMsgExt, 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.

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.