On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Richard <legalize(a)xmission.com> wrote:
Hi,
Lots of extensions require me to issue a shell command:
php maintenance/update.php
...but I don't have shell access to my mediawiki installation; I only
have FTP access.
So far I haven't needed to deploy any extensions that required this,
but now I am wanting to deploy several extensions that have this
requirement in their installation procedure.
How do people typically deal with this?
Why does this script need to be run from the shell and not from an
administrative UI?
Ever since the new installer was written in 1.17, you can run the
update process from the web installer. If you navigate back to the
installer and it detects LocalSettings.php, you will be prompted to
upgrade instead of install.
-Chad