[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13130: WP Import with Multiple Authors Fails

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#13130: WP Import with Multiple Authors Fails
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 Reporter:  technosailor  |       Owner:              
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new         
 Priority:  high          |   Milestone:  3.0         
Component:  Import        |     Version:              
 Severity:  blocker       |    Keywords:  dev-feedback
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Changes (by blepoxp):

  * keywords:  => dev-feedback


Comment:

 I've tested this and the problem stems from the fact that we're importing
 users w/o email addresses. More accurately, all of the imported users have
 the same email address: an empty string. This happens at wp_create_user.

 Once we get past the first inserted user with an empty string for an
 email, all others are rejected because wp_insert_user() returns a wp_error
 object w/o insert if the email already exists in the database.

 This worked in 2.9 because wp_insert_user (in /wp-
 includes/registration.php) didn't check for dups and return the error.

 I can put together a patch, but there's no clear way to proceed without
 dev-feedback.
 Possible solutions include capturing email in export/import process or
 modifying wp_insert_user to allow dups of empty strings.

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