The development environment automatically sets various MediaWiki settings, such as database details.

It does this by using a shim at the top of LocalSettings.php.

The Shim

The most basic LocalSettings.php file for you environment, that only includes the shim, looks like this:

<?php
//require_once "$IP/includes/PlatformSettings.php";
require_once '/mwdd/MwddSettings.php';

This will load a file that sets various settings. https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/releng/cli/-/blob/main/internal/mwdd/files/embed/mediawiki/MwddSettings.php

For example:

• $wgServer
• $wgDBname
• $wgDBservers
• $wgSMTP
• $wgObjectCaches
• etc...

Further configuration

You should should include any further settings after the shim, and you can override anything that the shim has previously set.

For example:

<?php
//require_once "$IP/includes/PlatformSettings.php";
require_once '/mwdd/MwddSettings.php';

wfLoadSkin('Vector');

wfLoadExtension( 'BoilerPlate' );
$wgBoilerPlateVandalizeEachPage = true;

$wgEnableParserCache = false;

Existing configuration

If you are moving from an existing MediaWiki configuration, take a look at the shim and remove things such as DB settings that will automatically be set.

Add the shim to the top of your file, and you should be set!

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