From 919c1af52c457b3473047448edc0ccc67f398dc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brion Vibber <brion@users.mediawiki.org>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 17:50:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * (bug 5187) Allow programmatically bypassing username
 validation, for scripts

---
 RELEASE-NOTES     | 2 ++
 includes/User.php | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 6085c5b499..8eb5b0a4e1 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * (bug 6009) Use {{ns:project}} in messages where appropriate
 * (bug 6012) Update to Indonesian localisation (id)
 * (bug 6017) Update list of bookstores in German localisation files
+* (bug 5187) Allow programmatically bypassing username validation, for scripts
+
 
 == Compatibility ==
 
diff --git a/includes/User.php b/includes/User.php
index 60a1bbed34..2a3a8cf19a 100644
--- a/includes/User.php
+++ b/includes/User.php
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ class User {
 	/**
 	 * Static factory method
 	 * @param string $name Username, validated by Title:newFromText()
+	 * @param bool $validate Validate username
 	 * @return User
 	 * @static
 	 */
-	function newFromName( $name ) {
+	function newFromName( $name, $validate = true ) {
 		# Force usernames to capital
 		global $wgContLang;
 		$name = $wgContLang->ucfirst( $name );
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class User {
 		global $wgAuth;
 		$canonicalName = $wgAuth->getCanonicalName( $t->getText() );
 
-		if( !User::isValidUserName( $canonicalName ) ) {
+		if( $validate && !User::isValidUserName( $canonicalName ) ) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-- 
2.20.1