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  13 <h1>Flushing the Purifier</h1>
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  17 <div id="home"><a href="http://htmlpurifier.org/">HTML Purifier</a> End-User Documentation</div>
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  19 <p>
  20     If you've been poking around the various folders in HTML Purifier,
  21     you may have noticed the <code>maintenance</code> directory.  Almost
  22     all of these scripts are devoted to flushing out the various caches
  23     HTML Purifier uses.  Normal users don't have to worry about this:
  24     regular library usage is transparent.  However, when doing development
  25     work on HTML Purifier, you may find you have to flush one of the
  26     caches.
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  29 <p>
  30     As a general rule of thumb, run <code>flush.php</code> whenever you make
  31     any <em>major</em> changes, or when tests start mysteriously failing.
  32     In more detail, run this script if:
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  36     <li>
  37         You added new source files to HTML Purifier's main library.
  38         (see <code>generate-includes.php</code>)
  39     </li>
  40     <li>
  41         You modified the configuration schema (see
  42         <code>generate-schema-cache.php</code>). This usually means
  43         adding or modifying files in <code>HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/</code>,
  44         although in rare cases modifying <code>HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema.php</code>
  45         will also require this.
  46     </li>
  47     <li>
  48         You modified a Definition, or its subsystems. The most usual candidate
  49         is <code>HTMLPurifier/HTMLDefinition.php</code>, which also encompasses
  50         the files in <code>HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/</code> as well as if you've
  51         <a href="enduser-customize.html">customizing definitions</a> without
  52         the cache disabled. (see <code>flush-generation-cache.php</code>)
  53     </li>
  54     <li>
  55         You modified source files, and have been using the standalone
  56         version from the full installation. (see <code>generate-standalone.php</code>)
  57     </li>
  58 </ul>
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  60 <p>
  61     You can check out the corresponding scripts for more information on what they
  62     do.
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