From bdaee6f6594532409ce55e9cde0f942f96ec4181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jeroendedauw <jeroendedauw@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:43:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Enable dropping of tables without having to create a file for
 each if you want correct output in the console

Change-Id: I374885517928430d00446b9711ea5005f58dc2a1
---
 includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php b/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php
index d411a272b6..d98942744e 100644
--- a/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php
+++ b/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php
@@ -558,13 +558,28 @@ abstract class DatabaseUpdater {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * If the specified table exists, drop it, or execute the
+	 * patch if one is provided.
+	 *
+	 * Public @since 1.20
+	 *
 	 * @param $table string
-	 * @param $patch string
+	 * @param $patch string|false
 	 * @param $fullpath bool
 	 */
-	protected function dropTable( $table, $patch, $fullpath = false ) {
+	public function dropTable( $table, $patch = false, $fullpath = false ) {
 		if ( $this->db->tableExists( $table, __METHOD__ ) ) {
-			$this->applyPatch( $patch, $fullpath, "Dropping table $table" );
+			$msg = "Dropping table $table";
+
+			if ( $patch === false ) {
+				$this->output( "$msg ..." );
+				$this->db->dropTable( $table, __METHOD__ );
+				$this->output( "done.\n" );
+			}
+			else {
+				$this->applyPatch( $patch, $fullpath, $msg );
+			}
+
 		} else {
 			$this->output( "...$table doesn't exist.\n" );
 		}
-- 
2.20.1