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+require "mysql2"
+
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/base.rb")
+
+class ImportScripts::Phorum < ImportScripts::Base
+
+  PHORUM_DB = "piwik"
+  TABLE_PREFIX = "pw_"
+  BATCH_SIZE = 1000
+
+  def initialize
+    super
+
+    @client = Mysql2::Client.new(
+      host: "localhost",
+      username: "root",
+      password: "pa$$word",
+      database: PHORUM_DB
+    )
+  end
+
+  def execute
+    import_users
+    import_categories
+    import_posts
+  end
+
+  def import_users
+    puts '', "creating users"
+
+    total_count = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) count FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}users;").first['count']
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      results = mysql_query(
+        "SELECT user_id id, username, email, real_name name, date_added created_at,
+                date_last_active last_seen_at, admin
+         FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}users
+         WHERE #{TABLE_PREFIX}users.active = 1
+         LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+         OFFSET #{offset};")
+
+      break if results.size < 1
+
+      create_users(results, total: total_count, offset: offset) do |user|
+        next if user['username'].blank?
+        { id: user['id'],
+          email: user['email'],
+          username: user['username'],
+          name: user['name'],
+          created_at: Time.zone.at(user['created_at']),
+          last_seen_at: Time.zone.at(user['last_seen_at']),
+          admin: user['admin'] == 1 }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def import_categories
+    puts "", "importing categories..."
+
+    categories = mysql_query("
+                              SELECT forum_id id, name, description, active
+                              FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}forums
+                              ORDER BY forum_id ASC
+                            ").to_a
+
+    create_categories(categories) do |category|
+      next if category['active'] == 0
+      {
+        id: category['id'],
+        name: category["name"],
+        description: category["description"]
+      }
+    end
+
+    # uncomment below lines to create permalink
+    # categories.each do |category|
+    #   Permalink.create(url: "list.php?#{category['id']}", category_id: category_id_from_imported_category_id(category['id'].to_i))
+    # end
+  end
+
+  def import_posts
+    puts "", "creating topics and posts"
+
+    total_count = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) count from #{TABLE_PREFIX}messages").first["count"]
+
+    batches(BATCH_SIZE) do |offset|
+      results = mysql_query("
+        SELECT m.message_id id,
+               m.parent_id,
+               m.forum_id category_id,
+               m.subject title,
+               m.user_id user_id,
+               m.body raw,
+               m.closed closed,
+               m.datestamp created_at
+        FROM #{TABLE_PREFIX}messages m
+        ORDER BY m.datestamp
+        LIMIT #{BATCH_SIZE}
+        OFFSET #{offset};
+      ").to_a
+
+      break if results.size < 1
+
+      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_raw_post(m['raw'], m['id'])
+        mapped[:created_at] = Time.zone.at(m['created_at'])
+
+        if m['parent_id'] == 0
+          mapped[:category] = category_id_from_imported_category_id(m['category_id'].to_i)
+          mapped[:title] = CGI.unescapeHTML(m['title'])
+        else
+          parent = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(m['parent_id'])
+          if parent
+            mapped[:topic_id] = parent[:topic_id]
+          else
+            puts "Parent post #{m['parent_id']} doesn't exist. Skipping #{m["id"]}: #{m["title"][0..40]}"
+            skip = true
+          end
+        end
+
+        skip ? nil : mapped
+      end
+
+      # uncomment below lines to create permalink
+      # results.each do |post|
+      #   if post['parent_id'] == 0
+      #     topic = topic_lookup_from_imported_post_id(post['id'].to_i)
+      #     Permalink.create(url: "read.php?#{post['category_id']},#{post['id']}", topic_id: topic[:topic_id].to_i)
+      #   end
+      # end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  def process_raw_post(raw, import_id)
+    s = raw.dup
+
+    # :) is encoded as <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
+    s.gsub!(/<!-- s(\S+) --><img (?:[^>]+) \/><!-- 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\.)?/, '[')
+
+    # [QUOTE]...[/QUOTE]
+    s.gsub!(/\[quote\](.+?)\[\/quote\]/im) { "\n> #{$1}\n" }
+
+    # [URL=...]...[/URL]
+    s.gsub!(/\[url="?(.+?)"?\](.+)\[\/url\]/i) { "[#{$2}](#{$1})" }
+
+    # [IMG]...[/IMG]
+    s.gsub!(/\[\/?img\]/i, "")
+
+    # convert list tags to ul and list=1 tags to ol
+    # (basically, we're only missing list=a here...)
+    s.gsub!(/\[list\](.*?)\[\/list\]/m, '[ul]\1[/ul]')
+    s.gsub!(/\[list=1\](.*?)\[\/list\]/m, '[ol]\1[/ol]')
+    # convert *-tags to li-tags so bbcode-to-md can do its magic on phpBB's lists:
+    s.gsub!(/\[\*\](.*?)\n/, '[li]\1[/li]')
+
+    # [CODE]...[/CODE]
+    s.gsub!(/\[\/?code\]/i, "\n```\n")
+    # [HIGHLIGHT]...[/HIGHLIGHT]
+    s.gsub!(/\[\/?highlight\]/i, "\n```\n")
+
+    # [YOUTUBE]<id>[/YOUTUBE]
+    s.gsub!(/\[youtube\](.+?)\[\/youtube\]/i) { "\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{$1}\n" }
+
+    # [youtube=425,350]id[/youtube]
+    s.gsub!(/\[youtube="?(.+?)"?\](.+)\[\/youtube\]/i) { "\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{$2}\n" }
+
+    # [MEDIA=youtube]id[/MEDIA]
+    s.gsub!(/\[MEDIA=youtube\](.+?)\[\/MEDIA\]/i) { "\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{$1}\n" }
+
+    # [ame="youtube_link"]title[/ame]
+    s.gsub!(/\[ame="?(.+?)"?\](.+)\[\/ame\]/i) { "\n#{$1}\n" }
+
+    # [VIDEO=youtube;<id>]...[/VIDEO]
+    s.gsub!(/\[video=youtube;([^\]]+)\].*?\[\/video\]/i) { "\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{$1}\n" }
+
+    # [USER=706]@username[/USER]
+    s.gsub!(/\[user="?(.+?)"?\](.+)\[\/user\]/i) { $2 }
+
+    # Remove the color tag
+    s.gsub!(/\[color=[#a-z0-9]+\]/i, "")
+    s.gsub!(/\[\/color\]/i, "")
+
+    s.gsub!(/\[hr\]/i, "<hr>")
+
+    s
+  end
+
+  def mysql_query(sql)
+    @client.query(sql, cache_rows: false)
+  end
+end
+
+ImportScripts::Phorum.new.perform