Local development quickstart: Revision history

28 July 2026

• curprev 19:3219:32, 28 July 2026 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs m 6,993 bytes −2 Remove extra spaces
• curprev 09:2509:25, 28 July 2026 Mitchsavl talk contribs 6,995 bytes +173 made it a bit more clear, by separating some commands.

22 July 2026

• curprev 05:3005:30, 22 July 2026 Mr. Starfleet Command talk contribs m 6,822 bytes −1 fmt

6 May 2026

• curprev 21:4221:42, 6 May 2026 Ignacio Rodríguez talk contribs 6,823 bytes +1 →== Install prerequisites ==: php.ini uses (fresh install, today) = instead of : Tag: 2017 source edit

29 April 2026

• curprev 22:2022:20, 29 April 2026 Shirayuki talk contribs 6,822 bytes +12 Marked this version for translation
• curprev 22:1922:19, 29 April 2026 Shirayuki talk contribs m 6,810 bytes +206 restore translation units
• curprev 16:5616:56, 29 April 2026 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs 6,604 bytes 0 Bump the pinned PHP version for Mac to the highest supported on master in Compatibility#PHP so that this won't need to be updated for awhile
• curprev 16:5316:53, 29 April 2026 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs 6,604 bytes +17 Drop support for 8.2 on master per phab:T358667, and update corresponding operating system versions. There doesn't seem to be a template for the master PHP requirement, so I've reverted to a manual version number and linked to the compatibility page

21 October 2025

• curprev 10:5110:51, 21 October 2025 Wladek92 talk contribs 6,587 bytes +24 Marked this version for translation
• curprev 10:5010:50, 21 October 2025 Wladek92 talk contribs m 6,563 bytes +65 adding translate section

10 October 2025

• curprev 14:1914:19, 10 October 2025 Bawolff talk contribs 6,498 bytes +18 I have not tested this myself, but i am told you need sodium php extension on windows to make this all work.

23 September 2025

• curprev 01:2401:24, 23 September 2025 Shirayuki talk contribs m 6,480 bytes +18 No edit summary

19 September 2025

• curprev 11:0411:04, 19 September 2025 Shirayuki talk contribs m 6,462 bytes 0 typo
• curprev 10:4010:40, 19 September 2025 TheDJ talk contribs m 6,462 bytes −7 No edit summary
• curprev 10:3910:39, 19 September 2025 TheDJ talk contribs 6,469 bytes +299 link just sets the active version of php in the brew path, but you do need to make sure you have setup your $PATH.

18 September 2025

• curprev 17:1517:15, 18 September 2025 MFossati (WMF) talk contribs 6,170 bytes +12 add `--overwrite` flag to `brew link` step on Mac. This seems to be needed to have php 8.2 in the PATH

7 June 2025

• curprev 23:0523:05, 7 June 2025 Shirayuki talk contribs m 6,158 bytes +44 use Template:MW stable php requirement
• curprev 11:0211:02, 7 June 2025 Tacsipacsi talk contribs 6,114 bytes −18 the -y/--noconfirm options exist because it’s generally not a good idea to skip confirmation; they’re for scripted use, which is probably not the case when one gets started with MediaWiki development
• curprev 10:5010:50, 7 June 2025 Tacsipacsi talk contribs 6,132 bytes −350 As of yesterday, PHP 8.1+ is required. With this, Debian 11, Ubuntu 20.04 and Fedora 35 no longer package recent-enough PHP versions. (Fedora 35 has been EOL for 2.5 years, Ubuntu 20.04 for a week, so people should upgrade anyway. Debian 11 has LTS support until August 2026, but I don’t think there’s any official way of installing PHP 8.1 on it, so the only viable way of running MW locally is upgrading.)

11 May 2025

• curprev 21:4521:45, 11 May 2025 Krinkle talk contribs 6,482 bytes +41 Add conditional for dev account to make clear that this is optimal. I link to this page also for people looking to quickly tryout MediaWiki more generally

6 May 2025

• curprev 00:0800:08, 6 May 2025 Shirayuki talk contribs 6,441 bytes +60 Marked this version for translation
• curprev 00:0800:08, 6 May 2025 Shirayuki talk contribs m 6,381 bytes +125 prepare for translation

13 March 2025

• curprev 00:0700:07, 13 March 2025 Pppery talk contribs m 6,256 bytes 0 Protected "Local development quickstart": Excessive vandalism ([Edit=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (indefinite))
• curprev 00:0600:06, 13 March 2025 Pppery talk contribs m 6,256 bytes +227 Reverted edits by 2001:8F8:1D56:23BB:A42D:7683:59EA:57B0 (talk) to last version by Clump Tag: Rollback
• curprev 00:0600:06, 13 March 2025 2001:8f8:1d56:23bb:a42d:7683:59ea:57b0 talk 6,029 bytes −227 No edit summary Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

28 February 2025

• curprev 12:2812:28, 28 February 2025 Clump talk contribs m 6,256 bytes +17 Reverted edits by Abdalrahmanyousef (talk) to last version by MathXplore Tag: Rollback
• curprev 06:1806:18, 28 February 2025 Abdalrahmanyousef talk contribs 6,239 bytes −17 No edit summary Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

18 February 2025

• curprev 12:0912:09, 18 February 2025 MathXplore talk contribs m 6,256 bytes −5 Reverted edits by 103.155.118.212 (talk) to last version by APaskulin (WMF): reverting vandalism Tags: Rollback SWViewer [1.6]
• curprev 12:0912:09, 18 February 2025 103.155.118.212 talk 6,261 bytes +5 01766162555 Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

13 February 2025

• curprev 00:1000:10, 13 February 2025 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs m 6,256 bytes −1 Remove whitespace Tag: Manual revert
• curprev 00:0900:09, 13 February 2025 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs 6,257 bytes −382 (Apologies, pressed the wrong key with the previous edit!) Considering that this page is pretty short, I don't think it's necessary to repeat the commands in a single block. Feel free to post to the discussion page, and we can work on another solution that addresses your intent. Also, reverted changes to the <code><!--T:XX--></code> tags, since these shouldn't be edited directly by editors. Tag: Reverted
• curprev 00:0600:06, 13 February 2025 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs m 6,639 bytes +383 Reverted edits by APaskulin (WMF) (talk) to last version by Kxeon Tags: Rollback Reverted
• curprev 00:0400:04, 13 February 2025 APaskulin (WMF) talk contribs 6,256 bytes −383 Considering that this page is pretty short, I don't think it's necessary to repeat the commands in a single block. It would take longer to copy-paste the individual commands out of the block than using the " Tag: Reverted

12 February 2025

• curprev 23:2223:22, 12 February 2025 Kxeon talk contribs 6,639 bytes +17 No edit summary
• curprev 23:2123:21, 12 February 2025 Kxeon talk contribs 6,622 bytes −23 No edit summary
• curprev 23:2023:20, 12 February 2025 Kxeon talk contribs 6,645 bytes +387 No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched

26 January 2025

• curprev 09:1509:15, 26 January 2025 SD0001 talk contribs 6,258 bytes +22 homebrew now defaults to php 8.4 which is not yet supported by MediaWiki, causes test failures

1 January 2025

• curprev 11:2411:24, 1 January 2025 Shirayuki talk contribs m 6,236 bytes +4 use neutral URLs
• curprev 10:5210:52, 1 January 2025 Wbm1058 talk contribs 6,232 bytes +68 link to the PHP documentation page for its built-in webserver

22 November 2024

• curprev 13:4413:44, 22 November 2024 Stjn talk contribs 6,164 bytes −160 simplify at least
• curprev 02:5202:52, 22 November 2024 SD0001 talk contribs 6,324 bytes +480 restore width styling present in the earlier gadget version
• curprev 01:5501:55, 22 November 2024 Stjn talk contribs 5,844 bytes −120 replace tpl-copy with copy, see phab:T40932

17 October 2024

• curprev 16:0516:05, 17 October 2024 Krinkle talk contribs 5,964 bytes −1 rm line break courtesy of Translate extension

6 October 2024

• curprev 23:5423:54, 6 October 2024 Krinkle talk contribs m 5,965 bytes +15 No edit summary
• curprev 23:5223:52, 6 October 2024 Krinkle talk contribs m 5,950 bytes +12 No edit summary
• curprev 23:5023:50, 6 October 2024 Krinkle talk contribs m 5,938 bytes −1 Fix empty paragraph due to Translate syntax
• curprev 23:4823:48, 6 October 2024 Krinkle talk contribs m 5,939 bytes −36 →Install prerequisites: unlink php/composer. Focus on next step instead. Tag: Visual edit

5 October 2024

• curprev 10:1510:15, 5 October 2024 SD0001 talk contribs 5,975 bytes −4 putting each command on a new line - && doesn't work on windows
• curprev 10:1410:14, 5 October 2024 SD0001 talk contribs 5,979 bytes +4 fix command to find php.ini location - `php -i` lists the config values, not the location of the config file

17 August 2024

• curprev 22:0522:05, 17 August 2024 Shirayuki talk contribs m 5,975 bytes 0 Protected "Local development quickstart": Excessive vandalism ([Edit=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (expires 22:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)) [Move=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (expires 22:05, 17 February 2025 (UTC)))