Manual:protect.php

MediaWiki file: protect.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.43.1 • 1.42.6 • 1.39.12
Classes:	Protect

Details

protect.php file is a maintenance script that handles protecting and unprotecting a page.

Options/Arguments

This script takes the title of the page as the first argument.

Tip: Spaces inside a title must be replaced with underscores ( _ ), or use double quotation marks like "Foo Bar"

This script accepts these options:

Option		Required	Default value
--unprotect	Removes protection	Optional
--semiprotect	Adds semi-protection	Optional
--cascade	Add cascading protection	Optional
--user	Username to protect with	Optional
--reason	Reason for un/protection	Optional

Usage

php maintenance/run.php protect title [ --unprotect| --semiprotect| --cascade| --user| --reason ]

In MediaWiki version 1.39.12 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

Allowing only autoconfirmed users to edit the page

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php protect "Lorem" --semiprotect --reason "Allowing only autoconfirmed users to edit"

Updating protection status... done

Allowing only sysop users to edit the page

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php protect "Lorem" --cascade --reason "Allowing only sysop users to edit"

Updating protection status... done

Removing protection from a page

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php protect "Lorem" --unprotect --reason "Removing protection"

Updating protection status... done

Protecting a page as username "Foo"

If you don't pass the --user option to the script, it will perform the action with user User:Maintenance script.

Terminal

$ php maintenance/run.php protect "Lorem" --cascade --user "Foo" --reason "Allowing only sysop users to edit"

Updating protection status... done

See also

• Manual:Administrators#Protection
• Manual:Combating spam
• Manual:createAndPromote.php