Batch importing media files into MediaWiki
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Importing the binary data
cd /var/www/metawiki; php ./maintenance/importImages.php --comment="My Comment" --user="MyUser" <<temp_dir>> jpg gif
PROBLEM: does the
--conf ./LocalSettings.php
work?
Important: for all batchimporting, revisiondate must be set to something newer than all old revisions; else mediawiki will sort the imported revision behind existing revisions. The id in the imported xml is not necessary, however.
For usernames the name, not the ID counts.
By default, the XML importing version of the web interface limits filesizes to around 1.4 MB. This can be changed by the server admin (or you in php.ini in maxuploadsize=); for larger imports using
