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{{Admin tools}}
 
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Admins can search and replace text e.g. URLs in their Moodle database using the search and replace tool at <nowiki>http://yourmoodlesite.org/admin/tool/replace/index.php</nowiki> (replacing yourmoodlesite.org with the address of your Moodle site). This is useful when a [[Moodle migration|Moodle site is moved from one server to another]] or when the URL changes.
 
Admins can search and replace text e.g. URLs in their Moodle database using the search and replace tool at <nowiki>http://yourmoodlesite.org/admin/tool/replace/index.php</nowiki> (replacing yourmoodlesite.org with the address of your Moodle site). This is useful when a [[Moodle migration|Moodle site is moved from one server to another]] or when the URL changes.
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{{Warning|A database and site backup should be created before performing a search and replace.}}
 
{{Warning|A database and site backup should be created before performing a search and replace.}}
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==CLI Parameters==
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The following parameters can be utilized with the Search and Replace cli sript.
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Options:
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--search=STRING      String to search for.
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--replace=STRING      String to replace with.
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--shorten            Shorten result if necessary.
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--non-interactive    Perform the replacement without confirming.
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-h, --help            Print out this help.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Latest revision as of 14:52, 11 June 2021

Template:Admin tools Admins can search and replace text e.g. URLs in their Moodle database using the search and replace tool at http://yourmoodlesite.org/admin/tool/replace/index.php (replacing yourmoodlesite.org with the address of your Moodle site). This is useful when a Moodle site is moved from one server to another or when the URL changes.

Alternatively, a command line script can be used to search and replace text. See Administration via command line for details.

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CLI Parameters

The following parameters can be utilized with the Search and Replace cli sript.

Options:

--search=STRING String to search for.

--replace=STRING String to replace with.

--shorten Shorten result if necessary.

--non-interactive Perform the replacement without confirming.

-h, --help Print out this help.

See also

  • Tracker issue MDL-35099 Convert hidden search/replace script into a proper core admin tool

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