Converting PHPNUKE 7.0 to Drupal 6.1
Daniel.H - March 31, 2008 - 19:12
Hello,
i have a little or maybe big problem with the migration from phpnuke 7.0 to drupal 6.1
I found a wonderfull conversion script from VValdo, but the problem is, this script is written for drupal 4.x and 5.x.
Dupal 6 has no sequences table and this scipt uses this table.
Has anyone done such a migration?
Thanks
Daniel
Migrate to 5.0 and then to
Migrate to 5.0 and then to 6.0 ?
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Hey thanks...
Thanks for the complement! I worked on a few iterations of the script, sure-- but credit also is due to others who started the script before I got there. See the top portion in the comments for who to credit for what :)
Anyhoo, I tried to use the Drupal API in adding my features, but did not rewrite the initial conversion code. It would be a nice project for someone to go back and take out all the direct table manipulation stuff so everything uses the API...
Barring that idea, as suggested, you may be able to migrate to a 5.x system and then upgrade that to 6.x as a final step. Be sure to check this site for the latest version of the script as well as some discussion from people who have been using it. I guess there have been a couple of recent additions for non-English conversions as well as more thorough bug reporting, so the latest version at the moment is phpnuke2drupal-5.x-0.04-w.
I also posted some code for migrating the PHPNuke "Reviews" and "Web Links" elsewhere on drupal.org. I did not include them in the "official" migration program because they have a dependency on the CCK and Views module. Those modules are not yet available for Drupal 6.1. Again, it may be interesting to read the thread on Bogdan's site referred to above for the latest.
Hope this is helpful,
W