Manual talk:UserOptions.php

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Latest comment: 7 years ago by Tactica amiga in topic Sentence not making any sense

Can this be used to change one specific user's options, or is it an all or nothing kind of thing?[edit]

I was wondering if i would be able to change specific user's options with this or if it was all users or nothing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WikiGremlin Dave (talkcontribs02:51, 13 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

userOptions.php allows you to change a user setting for all those users, who currently have a special value set. So: Yes, it is possible to only change one special value into another one. --88.130.90.34 15:18, 3 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
I think WikiGremlin Dave means: Is it possible to change a setting for one specific user ? That's something that interrests me too and I can't find an hind that this could work. There is no description to add a username to the script... Carchaias (talk) 07:36, 17 March 2014 (UTC)Reply
Right, this is not possible with this script. When you know the user's user ID, then you might want to change his option in the DB directly: Check the table user_properties, up_user = this user's user ID and up_property = the name of the preference you want to change. And for this row set up_value to the desired value. You might have to add a row, if there is no row with this user ID and the up_property, which you want to change (which means that the user used the default until now). If done correctly, this will work, but note that this is not officially supported. --88.130.110.147 12:36, 18 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Sentence not making any sense[edit]

For example, to change namespaces search user pages: doesn't make any sense to me, can someone reword that, please? Thanks. --Tactica amiga (talk) 15:38, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

How to set all existing users to a specific skin[edit]

I have added a new skin and would like to administratively ensure that all users are using it. Can UserOptions.php help me here?