-* API for MediaWiki 1.8+
-*
-* Copyright (C) 2006 Yuri Astrakhan <Firstname><Lastname>@gmail.com
-*
-* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-* (at your option) any later version.
-*
-* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-* GNU General Public License for more details.
-*
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-* with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-* 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-* http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-*/
-
-// Initialise common code
-require (dirname(__FILE__) . '/includes/WebStart.php');
-
-wfProfileIn('api.php');
+ * This file is the entry point for all API queries. It begins by checking
+ * whether the API is enabled on this wiki; if not, it informs the user that
+ * s/he should set $wgEnableAPI to true and exits. Otherwise, it constructs
+ * a new ApiMain using the parameter passed to it as an argument in the URL
+ * ('?action=') and with write-enabled set to the value of $wgEnableWriteAPI
+ * as specified in LocalSettings.php. It then invokes "execute()" on the
+ * ApiMain object instance, which produces output in the format sepecified
+ * in the URL.
+ */
+
+// So extensions (and other code) can check whether they're running in API mode
+define( 'MW_API', true );
+
+// Bail if PHP is too low
+if ( !function_exists( 'version_compare' ) || version_compare( phpversion(), '5.2.3' ) < 0 ) {
+ require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/includes/PHPVersionError.php' );
+ wfPHPVersionError( 'api.php' );
+}
+
+// Initialise common code.
+if ( isset( $_SERVER['MW_COMPILED'] ) ) {
+ require ( 'phase3/includes/WebStart.php' );
+} else {
+ require ( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/includes/WebStart.php' );
+}
+
+wfProfileIn( 'api.php' );
+$starttime = microtime( true );
+
+// URL safety checks
+if ( !$wgRequest->checkUrlExtension() ) {
+ return;
+}