[Mediawiki-l] Unable to run the update-script

[Platonides]

Der Administrator @ Wijuki wrote:
>   Hi there,
> 
> I'd like to extend an existing wiki (MW1.16) with LiquidThreads. In 
> order to modify the db I have to run the maintenance/update.php. But I 
> just can't get that script running, using phpshell since I don't have 
> shell access (shared hosting): always giving me 504 time out error. 
> "unset REQUEST_METHOD", as described in the manual, doesn't help either.
> 
> The same problem of course occurs when I try to upgrade the whole wiki. 
> That problem is solved by simply rerunning the installer. But this 
> solution doesn't work in case of extensions that extend the database.
> 
> So, dear community: Is there any solution for this? Help appreciated.
> 
> --Mirko

Maybe it is really a timeout in the sense that updating liqudthreads
take a long time? In such case you could wourk around that by adding
set_time_limit(0);