[wp-hackers] running the themeunit.xml programmatically from the back end

[Nikola Nikolov]

Technically you can still do it from PHP as long as you can execute system
commands :) I'm not sure exactly how the WordPress importer plugin works
though.


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nikola, thank you.. but I need to that from within the php script - as part
> of my  function.
> there must be an api for this.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Nikola Nikolov <nikolov.tmw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'd use wp-cli for that and more specifically the "wp import" command -
> > http://wp-cli.org/commands/import/
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I wrote a script which is when I run it, it puts my localhost
> > installation
> > > of the wordpress site back to the right after 5-min-install state.
> > >
> > > So it basically truncates most tables and bam brings to the fresh
> > state...
> > > ( I just won't touch the user stuff and the options table ) but
> > everythinh
> > > else back to seed 0.
> > >
> > > So when I run that script, I am left with Mr. Wordpress's Comment plus
> > the
> > > Hello World post and the Sample Page. And that's what I call
> > back-to-5-min
> > > install state.
> > >
> > > This script is a time saver for me. Cause I'm doing some heavy duty
> plug
> > in
> > > development and I'd like such quick actions to be available to me.
> > >
> > > but I'd like to take it to the next level.
> > >
> > > I'd like to attach an argument to that function of mine to tell my
> > engine,
> > > "hey go ahead and run this
> > > https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/demo/theme-unit-test-data.xml
> > > while
> > > we are at it.
> > >
> > > My question to you is what API call should I use so that my script
> gives
> > me
> > > the back-to-5-min install state plus the theme-unit-test-data.xml?
> > >
> > > Thank you
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