MediaWiki-Docker/Configuration recipes/Wikidiff2

This page covers how to quickly get Wikidiff2 working in MediaWiki-Docker.

Quick install

If you just need to test with Wikidiff2 without making any changes to Wikidiff2, enter the container and simply install it with apt-get install php-wikidiff2. MediaWiki should detect its installed and automatically use it.

Developer install

1. Install libthai and other dependencies:

   apt update && apt install -y pkg-config libthai0 libthai-dev
   

2. Clone the repo and install from source:

   cd /home
   git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/php/wikidiff2.git
   cd wikidiff2
   phpize
   ./configure
   make
   make install
   

3. Make Wikidiff2 available to PHP (replace 8.1 with the appropriate version as needed):

   echo 'extension=wikidiff2.so' > /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/wikidiff2.ini
   ln -s /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/wikidiff2.ini /etc/php/8.1/apache2/conf.d/wikidiff2.ini
   ln -s /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/wikidiff2.ini /etc/php/8.1/cli/conf.d/wikidiff2.ini
   ln -s /etc/php/8.1/mods-available/wikidiff2.ini /etc/php/8.1/fpm/conf.d/wikidiff2.ini
   phpenmod wikidiff2
   

4. Verify it's installed with:

   php -d 'extension=wikidiff2.so' -i | fgrep wikidiff
   

5. Exit the container and restart it with docker compose restart mediawiki.