Thread:Project:Support desk/Trying to update mediawiki from 1.19.0 to latest version with update.php/reply

Hi!

No, this is definitely no file permission issue. You sound like you have "only" run update.php. This is not enough.

Yes, you do need to download the latest tarball and you have to replace the old MediaWiki source code with the contents of the new tarball. As of what you describe your wiki is still using the old files (and is nicely running version 1.19).

See Upgrade for a how-to, which contains all the steps needed to do an update. Most important: First, make a backup!