should be updated if LBFactory_Simple or LBFactory_Multi is configured.
* $wgPasswordSenderName has been deprecated. To set a custom mailer name,
the system message 'emailsender' should be modified (default: "{{SITENAME}}").
+* $wgDBAhandler was removed as the only class using it was also removed
=== New features in 1.23 ===
* ResourceLoader can utilize the Web Storage API to cache modules client-side.
remaining page content.
* (bug 23542) imagelinks now stores both the redirect and target (as
templatelinks does).
+* (bug 58167) The web installer no longer throws an exception when PHP is
+ compiled without support for MySQL yet with support for another DBMS.
+* (bug 56199) Raw option of parser functions must now match complete word,
+ to take effect.
=== Web API changes in 1.23 ===
* (bug 54884) action=parse&prop=categories now indicates hidden and missing
* All API modules now support an assert parameter. See the new features section
for more details.
* Added prop=contributors to fetch the list of contributors to the page.
+* The following API modules will now return entries where fields have been
+ revision-deleted: list=deletedrevs, list=filearchive, list=recentchanges,
+ list=watchlist. "hidden" indicators will be included, in the same style as is
+ already done for prop=revisions.
+* The following API modules will now return the content of revision-deleted
+ fields, in addition to the "hidden" indicators, if the querying user has the
+ necessary rights: list=logevents, list=usercontribs, prop=imageinfo,
+ prop=revisions.
+* The above modules, where applicable, will now return entries filtered by
+ revision-deleted fields if the querying user has the necessary rights. For
+ example, prop=revisions with rvuser or rvexcludeuser will no longer skip
+ revisions where the user was revision-deleted if the current user has the
+ deletedhistory right.
+* The 'hideuser' right, used when blocking, is no longer necessary or
+ sufficient for seeing contributions with revision-deleted in
+ list=usercontribs.
+* list=watchlist now uses the querying user's rights rather than the wlowner's
+ rights when checking whether wlprop=patrol is allowed.
=== Languages updated in 1.23 ===
* A page_links_updated field has been added to the page table.
* SpecialPage::getTitle has been deprecated in favor of
SpecialPage::getPageTitle.
+* BREAKING CHANGE: Two potentially backwards-incompatible changes have been made
+ to the 'SpecialWatchlistQuery' hook's last parameter (array $values) to make
+ the hook more consistent with the 'SpecialRecentChangesQuery' one:
+** Several array keys have been renamed: hideMinor → hideminor,
+ hideBots → hidebots, hideAnons → hideanons, hideLiu → hideliu,
+ hidePatrolled → hidepatrolled, hideOwn → hidemyself.
+** The parameter value is now a FormOptions object, not a plain array (array
+ access operators should continue to work, as it implements the ArrayAccess
+ interface).
+* Option to mark hooks as deprecated has been added.
+* (bug 52811) Preference "Enable section editing via [edit] links" was removed.
+* (bug 52813) Preference "Show table of contents (for pages with more than
+ 3 headings)" was removed.
==== Removed classes ====
-* TitleDependency
-* TitleListDependency
+* FakeMemCachedClient (deprecated in 1.18)
+* TitleDependency (unused)
+* TitleListDependency (unused)
+* WikiError (deprecated in 1.17)
+* WikiXmlError (deprecated in 1.17)
+* WikiErrorMsg (deprecated in 1.17)
==== Renamed classes ====
* CdbReader_DBA to CdbReaderDBA
* wikiStatsOutput to WikiStatsOutput
==== Removed methods ====
+* ApiBase::getValidNamespaces() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* ApiMain::setCachePrivate() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* ApiMain::setVaryCookie (deprecated in 1.17)
+* Article::doRedirect() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Article::doUnwatch() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Article::doWatch() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Article::forUpdate() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Article::markpatrolled() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Article::unwatch() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Article::watch() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::clear() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::decodeExpiry() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::encodeExpiry() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::forUpdate() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::infinity() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::load() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::newFromDB() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::normaliseRange() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* Block::parseExpiryInput() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* CategoryViewer::addSubcategory() (deprecated in 1.17)
* EditPage::spamPage() (deprecated since 1.17)
* Exif::getFormattedData() (deprecated in 1.18)
* Exif::makeFormattedData() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* in_string (deprecated in 1.21)
* Language::convertLinkToAllVariants() (deprecated in 1.17)
* LanguageConverter::convertLinkToAllVariants() (deprecated in 1.17)
* Linker::makeBrokenLink() (deprecated in 1.16)
* Linker::makeBrokenLinkObj() (deprecated in 1.16)
* Linker::makeColouredLinkObj() (deprecated in 1.16)
* Linker::makeSizeLinkObj() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* MediaWiki::articleFromTitle() (deprecated in 1.18)
+* ParserOptions::getkin() (deprecated 1.18)
* ProfilerSimple::getCpuTime (deprecated in 1.20)
* Revision::revText() (deprecated in 1.17)
* SkinTemplate::jstext() (deprecated in 1.21)
* SpecialRecentChanges::feedSetup()
* SpecialRevisionDelete::extractBitField() (deprecated in 1.22)
* User::getPageRenderingHash() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* WebRequest::getFileSize() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* WebRequest::isPathInfoBad() (deprecated in 1.17)
+* wfGenerateToken (deprecated in 1.20)
+* wfStreamFile (deprecated in 1.19)
+* wfUILang (deprecated in 1.18)
+* WikiPage::createUpdates() (deprecated in 1.18)
* WikiPage::quickEdit() (deprecated in 1.18)
* WikiPage::useParserCache() (deprecated in 1.18)
* WikiPage::viewUpdates() (deprecated in 1.18)
+==== Removed globals ====
+* $wgBetterDirectionality (deprecated in 1.18)
+
== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.23 requires PHP 5.3.2 or later.