Manual:initUserPreference.php

MediaWiki file: initUserPreference.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.45.3 • 1.44.5 • 1.43.8
Classes:	InitUserPreference

Details

initUserPreference.php is a maintenance script that initializes a user preference based on the value of another preference.

Options

Option	Description	Required?
--target	Name of the user preference to initialize	Required
--source	Name of the user preference to take the value from	Required

Usage

php maintenance/run.php initUserPreference target source

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php initUserPreference --target visualeditor-hidebetawelcome --source rcfilters-rc-collapsed

Initializing 'visualeditor-hidebetawelcome' based on the value of 'rcfilters-rc-collapsed'
Processed 7 user(s)
Finished!

In MediaWiki version MediaWiki 1.39 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

See also

• Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions
• Manual:User preferences
• Help:Preferences