createAndPromote.php

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<?php
require_once( __DIR__ . '/Maintenance.php' );

class CreateAndPromote extends Maintenance {

        public function __construct() {
                parent::__construct();
                $this->mDescription = "Create a new user account";
                $this->addOption( "sysop", "Grant the account sysop rights" );
                $this->addOption( "bureaucrat", "Grant the account bureaucrat rights" );
                $this->addArg( "username", "Username of new user" );
                $this->addArg( "password", "Password to set" );
        }

        public function execute() {
                $username = $this->getArg( 0 );
                $password = $this->getArg( 1 );

                $this->output( wfWikiID() . ": Creating and promoting User:{$username}..." );

                $user = User::newFromName( $username );
                if ( !is_object( $user ) ) {
                        $this->error( "invalid username.", true );
                } elseif ( 0 != $user->idForName() ) {
                        $this->error( "account exists.", true );
                }

                # Try to set the password
                try {
                        $user->setPassword( $password );
                } catch ( PasswordError $pwe ) {
                        $this->error( $pwe->getText(), true );
                }

                # Insert the account into the database
                $user->addToDatabase();
                $user->saveSettings();

                # Promote user
                if ( $this->hasOption( 'sysop' ) ) {
                        $user->addGroup( 'sysop' );
                }
                if ( $this->hasOption( 'bureaucrat' ) ) {
                        $user->addGroup( 'bureaucrat' );
                }

                # Increment site_stats.ss_users
                $ssu = new SiteStatsUpdate( 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 );
                $ssu->doUpdate();

                $this->output( "done.\n" );
        }
}

$maintClass = "CreateAndPromote";
require_once( RUN_MAINTENANCE_IF_MAIN );