| Paths: $wgTmpDirectory | |
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| The path of the temporary directory. |
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| Introduced in version: | pre 1.1.0 |
| Removed in version: | still in use |
| Allowed values: | absolute path |
| Default value: | system temp dir determined by wfTempDir()[1]"{$wgUploadDirectory}/tmp" prior to 1.20 (Note: The default value of this variable depends on other variables, such as the values set in Setup.php, after LocalSettings.php is executed) |
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| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.20 |
The local filesystem path to a temporary directory. This is not required to be accessible from the web.
Used by wfTempDir() to control where temporary files MediaWiki needs are to be written, including:
- Old and new tempfiles for external executable based external diff engines configured by
$wgExternalDiffEngine - TempFSFile, used for chunked uploading, some transformations, and various parts of the file backend code.
- UID Generator node and lock files.
- Upload from URL
- The directory which a CACHE_DBA cache places it's DBA database file. Can be overridden using
$wgObjectCaches[CACHE_DBA]['dir']. (removed in 1.23) - Importing uploads from XML dumps
- ...
| MediaWiki version: | ≤ 1.19 |
The path to the temporary directory. When using CACHE_DBA as your $wgMainCacheType, this allows you to select which directory is used.