Manual:resetPageRandom.php

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Details[edit]

resetPageRandom.php maintenance script resets the page_random field for articles in the provided time range. The page_random field in the page table is responsible for returning random pages. This is useful when you want to refresh your random article sequence.

Options[edit]

Option Required Default value
--from From date range selector to select articles to update, ex: 20041011000000 Required
--to To date range selector to select articles to update, ex: 20050708000000 Required
--dry Do not update column. Just do dry run. Optional
--batch-start Use when you need to restart the reset process from a given page ID offset in case a previous reset failed or was stopped Optional

Usage[edit]

php maintenance/resetPageRandom.php --from fromDate --to toDate [ --dry | --batch-start ]

Dry run to test[edit]

Terminal

Actual run to update the column[edit]

Terminal

See also[edit]