maintenance/createAndPromote.php

   1 <?php
   2
   3 /**
   4  * Maintenance script to create an account and grant it administrator rights
   5  *
   6  * @package MediaWiki
   7  * @subpackage Maintenance
   8  * @author Rob Church <robchur@gmail.com>
   9  */
  10
  11 require_once( 'commandLine.inc' );
  12
  13 if( !count( $args ) == 2 ) {
  14         echo( "Please provide a username and password for the new account.\n" );
  15         die( 1 );
  16 }
  17
  18 $username = $args[0];
  19 $password = $args[1];
  20
  21 echo( wfWikiID() . ": Creating and promoting User:{$username}..." );
  22
  23 # Validate username and check it doesn't exist
  24 $user = User::newFromName( $username );
  25 if( !is_object( $user ) ) {
  26         echo( "invalid username.\n" );
  27         die( 1 );
  28 } elseif( 0 != $user->idForName() ) {
  29         echo( "account exists.\n" );
  30         die( 1 );
  31 }
  32
  33 # Insert the account into the database
  34 $user->addToDatabase();
  35 $user->setPassword( $password );
  36 $user->setToken();
  37
  38 # Promote user
  39 $user->addGroup( 'sysop' );
  40
  41 # Increment site_stats.ss_users
  42 $ssu = new SiteStatsUpdate( 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 );
  43 $ssu->doUpdate();
  44
  45 echo( "done.\n" );
  46
  47 ?>