Manual:ImportDump.php/en

Details
importDump.php file is a maintenance script to import XML dump files into the current wiki. It reads pages from an XML file as produced from Special:Export or, and saves them into the current wiki.

In case you get an error "failed to open stream: No such file or directory", make sure that the specified file does exist and that PHP has access to it.

Examples
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Troubleshooting
See Also: Data dumps/ImportDump.php

If errors occur when importing files, it may be necessary to use the  option.