Importing XML Wikipedia Dumps To MediaWiki W/O Command Line

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Nathan Malone, Sep 24, 2005.

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    I am trying to import a Wikipedia XML (XML, not MySQL) dump into a copy of MediaWiki. I have a current copy of MediaWiki, and then I uploaded a copy of ImportDump.php from a newer CVS version.

    The problem I am having is that my server, (HostGator), doesn't support command-line commands and the instructions for importing a copy of the dump say to run the following command:

    gzip -dc dump.xml.gz | php maintenance/importDump.php
    Code (markup):
    Any advice from you experts out there?

    Thank you!
     
    Nathan Malone, Sep 24, 2005 IP