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+require 'mysql2'
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/base.rb")
+
+class ImportScripts::SimplePress < ImportScripts::Base
+
+  SIMPLE_PRESS_DB ||= ENV['SIMPLEPRESS_DB'] || "simplepress"
+  TABLE_PREFIX = "wp_sf"
+  BATCH_SIZE  ||= 1000
+
+  def initialize
+    super
+
+    @client = Mysql2::Client.new(
+      host: "localhost",
+      username: "root",
+      database: SIMPLE_PRESS_DB,
+    )
+
+    SiteSetting.max_username_length = 50
+  end
+
+  def execute
+    import_users
+    import_categories
+    import_topics_and_posts
+  end
+
+  def import_users
+    puts "", "importing users..."
+
+    last_user_id = -1
+    total_users = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) count FROM wp_users WHERE user_email LIKE '%@%'").first["count"]
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      users = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+        SELECT ID id, user_nicename, display_name, user_email, user_registered, user_url
+          FROM wp_users
+         WHERE user_email LIKE '%@%'
+           AND id > #{last_user_id}
+      ORDER BY id
+         LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+      SQL
+      ).to_a
+
+      break if users.empty?
+
+      last_user_id = users[-1]["id"]
+      user_ids = users.map { |u| u["id"].to_i }
+
+      next if all_records_exist?(:users, user_ids)
+
+      user_ids_sql = user_ids.join(",")
+
+      users_description = {}
+      mysql_query(<<-SQL
+        SELECT user_id, meta_value description
+          FROM wp_usermeta
+         WHERE user_id IN (#{user_ids_sql})
+           AND meta_key = 'description'
+      SQL
+      ).each { |um| users_description[um["user_id"]] = um["description"] }
+
+      create_users(users, total: total_users, offset: offset) do |u|
+        {
+          id: u["id"].to_i,
+          username: u["user_nicename"],
+          email: u["user_email"].downcase,
+          name: u["display_name"],
+          created_at: u["user_registered"],
+          website: u["user_url"],
+          bio_raw: users_description[u["id"]]
+        }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_categories
+    puts "", "importing categories..."
+
+    categories = mysql_query(<<-SQL
+        SELECT forum_id, forum_name, forum_seq, forum_desc, parent
+        FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}forums
+        ORDER BY forum_id
+    SQL
+    )
+
+    create_categories(categories) do |c|
+      category = { id: c['forum_id'], name: CGI.unescapeHTML(c['forum_name']), description: CGI.unescapeHTML(c['forum_desc']), position: c['forum_seq'] }
+      if (parent_id = c['parent'].to_i) > 0
+        category[:parent_category_id] = category_id_from_imported_category_id(parent_id)
+      end
+      category
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_topics_and_posts
+    puts "", "creating topics and posts"
+
+    total_count = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) count from #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts").first["count"]
+
+    topic_first_post_id = {}
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      results = mysql_query("
+        SELECT p.post_id id,
+               p.topic_id topic_id,
+               t.forum_id category_id,
+               t.topic_name title,
+               p.post_index post_index,
+               p.user_id user_id,
+               p.post_content raw,
+               p.post_date post_time
+          FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}posts p,
+               #{TABLE_PREFIX}topics t
+         WHERE p.topic_id = t.topic_id
+      ORDER BY p.post_date
+         LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+        OFFSET #{offset};
+      ")
+
+      break if results.size < 1
+
+      next if all_records_exist? :posts, results.map {|m| m['id'].to_i}
+
+      create_posts(results, total: total_count, offset: offset) do |m|
+        skip = false
+        mapped = {}
+
+        mapped[:id] = m['id']
+        mapped[:user_id] = user_id_from_imported_user_id(m['user_id']) || -1
+        mapped[:raw] = process_simplepress_post(m['raw'], m['id'])
+        mapped[:created_at] = Time.zone.at(m['post_time'])
+
+        if m['post_index'] == 1
+          mapped[:category] = category_id_from_imported_category_id(m['category_id'])
+          mapped[:title] = CGI.unescapeHTML(m['title'])
+          topic_first_post_id[m['topic_id']] = m['id']
+        else
+          parent = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(topic_first_post_id[m['topic_id']])
+          if parent
+            mapped[:topic_id] = parent[:topic_id]
+          else
+            puts "Parent post #{first_post_id} doesn't exist. Skipping #{m["id"]}: #{m["title"][0..40]}"
+            skip = true
+          end
+        end
+
+        skip ? nil : mapped
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def process_simplepress_post(raw, import_id)
+    s = raw.dup
+
+    # convert the quote line
+    s.gsub!(/\[quote='([^']+)'.*?pid='(\d+).*?\]/) {
+      "[quote=\"#{convert_username($1, import_id)}, " + post_id_to_post_num_and_topic($2, import_id) + '"]'
+    }
+
+    # :) is encoded as <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
+    s.gsub!(/<!-- s(\S+) -->(?:.*)<!-- s(?:\S+) -->/, '\1')
+
+    # Some links look like this: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.onegameamonth.com">http://www.onegameamonth.com</a><!-- m -->
+    s.gsub!(/<!-- \w --><a(?:.+)href="(\S+)"(?:.*)>(.+)<\/a><!-- \w -->/, '[\2](\1)')
+
+    # Many phpbb bbcode tags have a hash attached to them. Examples:
+    #   [url=https&#58;//google&#46;com:1qh1i7ky]click here[/url:1qh1i7ky]
+    #   [quote=&quot;cybereality&quot;:b0wtlzex]Some text.[/quote:b0wtlzex]
+    s.gsub!(/:(?:\w{8})\]/, ']')
+
+    # Remove mybb video tags.
+    s.gsub!(/(^\[video=.*?\])|(\[\/video\]$)/, '')
+
+    s = CGI.unescapeHTML(s)
+
+    # phpBB shortens link text like this, which breaks our markdown processing:
+    #   [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 223AAkkPli](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070920134223AAkkPli)
+    #
+    # Work around it for now:
+    s.gsub!(/\[http(s)?:\/\/(www\.)?/, '[')
+
+    s
+  end
+
+  def mysql_query(sql)
+    @client.query(sql, cache_rows: false)
+  end
+
+end
+
+ImportScripts::SimplePress.new.perform