7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Thus, create the file access.php in a directory which is located on a
level higher than the web directory of your Apache server. In the
case of XAMPP, this would be outside of htdocs. This file looks
something like this:
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Under Linux, you should make this file readable only for yourself
and PHP, that is, the system. In LocalSettings.php, you must now
also add the access data file after the line in which the default settings
are integrated.
1 include_once( "DefaultSettings.php" );
2 include_once( "path/access.php" );
In this way, the web server can be prevented from simply displaying
the file. It can only be addressed within the system.
8.6
Update and Uninstall
As an administrator of a wiki, you will most likely be interested in
making sure your software is always up to date. This means that you
will have to load a new version of MediaWiki to your system from
time to time. The risk involved has less to do with getting the program
to run than it does with making sure all existing data can be
taken over completely.
The developers of MediaWiki have recognized this problem and
integrated an automatic update mechanism in their installation program.
Before performing an update however, you should save a
copy of the database, to be on the safe side. If you now perform an
update, just install the new MediaWiki. Instead of the new database,
however, enter the access data for the existing one. The wiki will
identify it and make the corresponding adjustments.
Update
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