Howdy! We’re about to begin the process to import all of your Movable Type entries into WordPress. Before we get started, you need to edit this file (import-mt.php) and change one line so we know where to find your MT export file. To make this easy put the import file into the wp-admin directory. Look for the line that says:
define('MTEXPORT', '');
and change it to
define('MTEXPORT', 'import.txt');
You have to do this manually for security reasons.
If you've done that and you’re all ready, let's go! Remember that the import process may take a minute or so if you have a large number of entries and comments. Think of all the rebuilding time you'll be saving once it's done. :)
The importer is smart enough not to import duplicates, so you can run this multiple times without worry if—for whatever reason—it doesn't finish.
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// Bring in the data
set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
$datalines = file(MTEXPORT); // Read the file into an array
$importdata = implode('', $datalines); // squish it
$importdata = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\n|\r)/", "\n", $importdata);
$authors = array();
$temp = array();
$posts = explode("--------", $importdata);
function users_form($n) {
global $wpdb, $testing;
$users = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users ORDER BY ID");
?>
admins entries.'); ?>
italics. For each of these names, you can either pick an author in your WordPress installation from the menu, or enter a name for the author in the textbox.'); ?>
';
echo '';
echo '';
flush();
break;
case 2:
$newauthornames = array();
$formnames = array();
$selectnames = array();
$mtnames = array();
foreach($_POST['user'] as $key => $line) {
$newname = trim(stripslashes($line));
if ($newname == '') $newname = 'left_blank';//passing author names from step 1 to step 2 is accomplished by using POST. left_blank denotes an empty entry in the form.
array_push($formnames,"$newname");
}// $formnames is the array with the form entered names
foreach ($_POST['userselect'] as $user => $key) {
$selected = trim(stripslashes($key));
array_push($selectnames,"$selected");
}
$count = count($formnames);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
if ( $selectnames[$i] != '#NONE#') {//if no name was selected from the select menu, use the name entered in the form
array_push($newauthornames,"$selectnames[$i]");
}
else {
array_push($newauthornames,"$formnames[$i]");
}
}
$j = -1;
//function to check the authorname and do the mapping
function checkauthor($author) {
global $wpdb, $mtnames, $newauthornames, $j;//mtnames is an array with the names in the mt import file
$md5pass = md5(changeme);
if (!(in_array($author, $mtnames))) { //a new mt author name is found
++$j;
$mtnames[$j] = $author; //add that new mt author name to an array
$user_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '$newauthornames[$j]'"); //check if the new author name defined by the user is a pre-existing wp user
if (!$user_id) { //banging my head against the desk now.
if ($newauthornames[$j] == 'left_blank') { //check if the user does not want to change the authorname
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->users (user_level, user_login, user_pass, user_nickname) VALUES ('1', '$author', '$md5pass', '$author')"); // if user does not want to change, insert the authorname $author
$user_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '$author'");
$newauthornames[$j] = $author; //now we have a name, in the place of left_blank.
} else {
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->users (user_level, user_login, user_pass, user_nickname) VALUES ('1', '$newauthornames[$j]', '$md5pass', '$newauthornames[$j]')"); //if not left_blank, insert the user specified name
$user_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '$newauthornames[$j]'");
}
} else return $user_id; // return pre-existing wp username if it exists
} else {
$key = array_search($author, $mtnames); //find the array key for $author in the $mtnames array
$user_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '$newauthornames[$key]'");//use that key to get the value of the author's name from $newauthornames
}
return $user_id;
}//function checkauthor ends here
//bring in the posts now
set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
$datalines = file(MTEXPORT); // Read the file into an array
$importdata = implode('', $datalines); // squish it
$importdata = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\n|\r)/", "\n", $importdata);
$posts = explode("--------", $importdata);
$i = -1;
echo "";
foreach ($posts as $post) { if ('' != trim($post)) {
++$i;
unset($post_categories);
echo "
Processing post... ";
// Take the pings out first
preg_match("|(-----\n\nPING:.*)|s", $post, $pings);
$post = preg_replace("|(-----\n\nPING:.*)|s", '', $post);
// Then take the comments out
preg_match("|(-----\nCOMMENT:.*)|s", $post, $comments);
$post = preg_replace("|(-----\nCOMMENT:.*)|s", '', $post);
// We ignore the keywords
$post = preg_replace("|(-----\nKEYWORDS:.*)|s", '', $post);
// We want the excerpt
preg_match("|-----\nEXCERPT:(.*)|s", $post, $excerpt);
$excerpt = addslashes(trim($excerpt[1]));
$post = preg_replace("|(-----\nEXCERPT:.*)|s", '', $post);
// We're going to put extended body into main body with a more tag
preg_match("|-----\nEXTENDED BODY:(.*)|s", $post, $extended);
$extended = trim($extended[1]);
if ('' != $extended) $extended = "\n\n$extended";
$post = preg_replace("|(-----\nEXTENDED BODY:.*)|s", '', $post);
// Now for the main body
preg_match("|-----\nBODY:(.*)|s", $post, $body);
$body = trim($body[1]);
$post_content = addslashes($body . $extended);
$post = preg_replace("|(-----\nBODY:.*)|s", '', $post);
// Grab the metadata from what's left
$metadata = explode("\n", $post);
foreach ($metadata as $line) {
preg_match("/^(.*?):(.*)/", $line, $token);
$key = trim($token[1]);
$value = trim($token[2]);
// Now we decide what it is and what to do with it
switch($key) {
case '':
break;
case 'AUTHOR':
$post_author = $value;
break;
case 'TITLE':
$post_title = addslashes($value);
echo ''.stripslashes($post_title).'... ';
$post_name = sanitize_title($post_title);
break;
case 'STATUS':
// "publish" and "draft" enumeration items match up; no change required
$post_status = $value;
if (empty($post_status)) $post_status = 'publish';
break;
case 'ALLOW COMMENTS':
$post_allow_comments = $value;
if ($post_allow_comments == 1) {
$comment_status = 'open';
} else {
$comment_status = 'closed';
}
break;
case 'CONVERT BREAKS':
$post_convert_breaks = $value;
break;
case 'ALLOW PINGS':
$post_allow_pings = trim($meta[2][0]);
if ($post_allow_pings == 1) {
$post_allow_pings = 'open';
} else {
$post_allow_pings = 'closed';
}
break;
case 'PRIMARY CATEGORY':
$post_categories[] = addslashes($value);
break;
case 'CATEGORY':
$post_categories[] = addslashes($value);
break;
case 'DATE':
$post_date = strtotime($value);
$post_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $post_date);
$post_date_gmt = get_gmt_from_date("$post_date");
break;
default:
// echo "\n$key: $value";
break;
} // end switch
} // End foreach
// Let's check to see if it's in already
if ($wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = '$post_title' AND post_date = '$post_date'")) {
echo "Post already imported.";
} else {
$post_author = checkauthor($post_author);//just so that if a post already exists, new users are not created by checkauthor
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->posts (
post_author, post_date, post_date_gmt, post_content, post_title, post_excerpt, post_status, comment_status, ping_status, post_name, post_modified, post_modified_gmt)
VALUES
('$post_author', '$post_date', '$post_date_gmt', '$post_content', '$post_title', '$excerpt', '$post_status', '$comment_status', '$ping_status', '$post_name','$post_date', '$post_date_gmt')");
$post_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = '$post_title' AND post_date = '$post_date'");
if (0 != count($post_categories)) {
foreach ($post_categories as $post_category) {
// See if the category exists yet
$cat_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT cat_ID from $wpdb->categories WHERE cat_name = '$post_category'");
if (!$cat_id && '' != trim($post_category)) {
$cat_nicename = sanitize_title($post_category);
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->categories (cat_name, category_nicename) VALUES ('$post_category', '$cat_nicename')");
$cat_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT cat_ID from $wpdb->categories WHERE cat_name = '$post_category'");
}
if ('' == trim($post_category)) $cat_id = 1;
// Double check it's not there already
$exists = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->post2cat WHERE post_id = $post_id AND category_id = $cat_id");
if (!$exists) {
$wpdb->query("
INSERT INTO $wpdb->post2cat
(post_id, category_id)
VALUES
($post_id, $cat_id)
");
}
} // end category loop
} else {
$exists = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->post2cat WHERE post_id = $post_id AND category_id = 1");
if (!$exists) $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->post2cat (post_id, category_id) VALUES ($post_id, 1) ");
}
echo " Post imported successfully...";
// Now for comments
$comments = explode("-----\nCOMMENT:", $comments[0]);
foreach ($comments as $comment) {
if ('' != trim($comment)) {
// Author
preg_match("|AUTHOR:(.*)|", $comment, $comment_author);
$comment_author = addslashes(trim($comment_author[1]));
$comment = preg_replace('|(\n?AUTHOR:.*)|', '', $comment);
preg_match("|EMAIL:(.*)|", $comment, $comment_email);
$comment_email = addslashes(trim($comment_email[1]));
$comment = preg_replace('|(\n?EMAIL:.*)|', '', $comment);
preg_match("|IP:(.*)|", $comment, $comment_ip);
$comment_ip = trim($comment_ip[1]);
$comment = preg_replace('|(\n?IP:.*)|', '', $comment);
preg_match("|URL:(.*)|", $comment, $comment_url);
$comment_url = addslashes(trim($comment_url[1]));
$comment = preg_replace('|(\n?URL:.*)|', '', $comment);
preg_match("|DATE:(.*)|", $comment, $comment_date);
$comment_date = trim($comment_date[1]);
$comment_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($comment_date));
$comment = preg_replace('|(\n?DATE:.*)|', '', $comment);
$comment_content = addslashes(trim($comment));
$comment_content = str_replace('-----', '', $comment_content);
// Check if it's already there
if (!$wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_date = '$comment_date' AND comment_content = '$comment_content'")) {
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->comments (comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url, comment_author_IP, comment_date, comment_content, comment_approved)
VALUES
($post_id, '$comment_author', '$comment_email', '$comment_url', '$comment_ip', '$comment_date', '$comment_content', '1')");
echo " Comment added.";
}
}
}
// Finally the pings
// fix the double newline on the first one
$pings[0] = str_replace("-----\n\n", "-----\n", $pings[0]);
$pings = explode("-----\nPING:", $pings[0]);
foreach ($pings as $ping) {
if ('' != trim($ping)) {
// 'Author'
preg_match("|BLOG NAME:(.*)|", $ping, $comment_author);
$comment_author = addslashes(trim($comment_author[1]));
$ping = preg_replace('|(\n?BLOG NAME:.*)|', '', $ping);
$comment_email = '';
preg_match("|IP:(.*)|", $ping, $comment_ip);
$comment_ip = trim($comment_ip[1]);
$ping = preg_replace('|(\n?IP:.*)|', '', $ping);
preg_match("|URL:(.*)|", $ping, $comment_url);
$comment_url = addslashes(trim($comment_url[1]));
$ping = preg_replace('|(\n?URL:.*)|', '', $ping);
preg_match("|DATE:(.*)|", $ping, $comment_date);
$comment_date = trim($comment_date[1]);
$comment_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($comment_date));
$ping = preg_replace('|(\n?DATE:.*)|', '', $ping);
preg_match("|TITLE:(.*)|", $ping, $ping_title);
$ping_title = addslashes(trim($ping_title[1]));
$ping = preg_replace('|(\n?TITLE:.*)|', '', $ping);
$comment_content = addslashes(trim($ping));
$comment_content = str_replace('-----', '', $comment_content);
$comment_content = "$ping_title\n$comment_content";
// Check if it's already there
if (!$wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_date = '$comment_date' AND comment_content = '$comment_content'")) {
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->comments (comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url, comment_author_IP, comment_date, comment_content, comment_approved)
VALUES
($post_id, '$comment_author', '$comment_email', '$comment_url', '$comment_ip', '$comment_date', '$comment_content', '1')");
echo " Comment added.";
}
}
}
}
echo "