varidog | Livejournal/Dreamwidth CSV to HTML with PHP

This is how I'm converting Livejournal/Dreamwidth CSV exports to HTML using PHP.

Could it be better? Sure. Please make it better. In its current form, it can convert 20 years of data in about 5 seconds. You download your data on your own, then run this script against the directory.

I tried using XML files, but the entries were missing breaks, meaning that the converted entries turned into undifferentiated blocks of text. Rather than continue development for a worse result, I abandoned that approach.

<?PHP

//--------------------------------------------------------

// Global Variables - destined for INI file

//--------------------------------------------------------

$_INI['JournalBasePath'] = '/Documents/Dreamwidth';

$_INI['JournalCSVPath'] = $_INI['JournalBasePath'] . '/CSV';

$_INI['JournalHTMLPath'] = $_INI['JournalBasePath'] . '/HTMLPHP';

$_INI['JournalID'] = 'yourid';

$_INI['JournalSite'] = 'dreamwidth.org';

$_INI['JournalBaseURL'] = 'https://' . $_INI['JournalID'] . '.' . $_INI['JournalSite'];

$_INI['JournalDateFormat'] = 'l, F d, Y h:i A';

//--------------------------------------------------------

// Retrieve CSV File List

//--------------------------------------------------------

$CSV_List = scandir($_INI['JournalCSVPath'], SCANDIR_SORT_ASCENDING);

//--------------------------------------------------------

// Process the File List

//--------------------------------------------------------

foreach ($CSV_List as $CSV) {

If (preg_match('/.csv/', $CSV) ) {

Convert_CSV($CSV, $_INI);

}

//--------------------------------------------------------

// Function - Convert the CSV into an HTLM Document

//--------------------------------------------------------

Function Convert_CSV ($CSV, $_INI) {

// Set Input and Output Files

$CSV_In = $_INI['JournalCSVPath'] . '/' . $CSV;

$HTML_Out = $_INI['JournalHTMLPath'] . '/' . preg_replace('/.csv/', '.html', $CSV);

echo $CSV_In . "\n";

// Iterate Through Each File

if (($handle = fopen($CSV_In, "r")) !== FALSE) {

$Post = fgetcsv($handle, 0, ",");

// Define Header

$HTML_Header = '

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>' . str_replace('.csv','',$CSV) . '</title>

</head>

<body>

// Define Footer

$HTML_Footer = '

</body>

</html>

// Write HEADER to FILE

file_put_contents($HTML_Out, $HTML_Header, LOCK_EX);

// Write H1 to FILE

$H1 = '<h1>' . str_replace('.csv','',$CSV) . '</h1>' . "\n";

file_put_contents($HTML_Out, $H1, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);

// Iterate throught the CSV

// Write each Row to FILE

while (($Post = fgetcsv($handle, 0, ",")) !== FALSE) {

$HTML = Convert_Entry($Post, $_INI);

file_put_contents($HTML_Out, $HTML, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);

}

// Write the Footert to FILE

file_put_contents($HTML_Out, $HTML_Footer, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);

fclose($handle);

}

//--------------------------------------------------------

// Function - Convert an entry into HTML

//--------------------------------------------------------

Function Convert_Entry ($Post, $_INI) {

0 = itemid

1 = eventtime

2 = logtime

3 = subject

4 = event (body of post)

5 = security

6 = allowmask

7 = current_music

8 = current_mood

// ID

$ItemID = 'ItemID: ' . $Post[0] . '' . "\n";

// Date

$Date = strtotime($Post[1]);

$Formatted_Date = date($_INI['JournalDateFormat'], $Date) . "\n";

$EventTime = 'Date: ' . $Formatted_Date . '' . "\n";

// Entry TITLE

If (strlen($Post[3]) == 0) {

$Post[3] = $Post[1];

}

$Subject = '<h2>' . $Post[3] . '</h2>' . "\n";

// Body of Post

$Body = $Post[4] . "\n";

// Security

$Security = 'Security: ' . $Post[5] . '' . "\n";

// URL to Original Post

$URL = $_INI['JournalBaseURL'] . '/' . $Post[0] . '.html';

$HREF = '<a href="' . $URL . '">' . $URL . '</a>';

$WebLink = 'Entry: ' . $HREF . '' . "\n";

// Current Music (if present)

If (strlen($Post[7]) > 0) {

$CurrentMusic = 'Current Music: '. $Post[7] . '' . "\n";

} else {

$CurrentMusic = NULL;

}

// Current Mood (if present)

If (strlen($Post[8]) > 0) {

$CurrentMood = 'Current Mood: ' . $Post[8] . '' . "\n";

} else {

$CurrentMood = NULL;

}

// Tweak the formatting to favor word processors.

// Verified against LibreOffice Writer

// Sometimes there are newlines and no breaks. Early cutting and pasting was unpredictable.

$Body = str_replace("\n", " \n", $Body);

// Change line breaks into paragraph breaks. Word processors need this to format paragraphs correctly.

$Body = str_replace(' ', '', $Body);

$Body = str_replace(' ', '', $Body);

// Non-breaking space don't play nice with word processors

$Body = str_replace(' ', ' ', $Body);

// These tags won't display because they aren't HTML tags

// <user site="livejournal.com" user="somebody">

$Body = preg_replace('/<user site=".*?" user="(.*?)">/','${1}', $Body);

// Removing Centering and Fonts Size values, both of which could get stuck on

// It would be better to close these things, but that would take work.

// Unmatched center tags cause run-on issues.

If (preg_match('/<center>/', $Body)) {

If (! preg_match ('/<\/center>/', $Body) ) {

$Body = preg_replace('/<center>/', '', $Body);

}

// Fixed fonts size cause problems in word processors

If (preg_match('/<font size=/', $Body)) {

$fontsize = '//';

$Body = preg_replace($fontsize,'', $Body);

}

// Return the Entry

return $Subject . $EventTime . $ItemID . $CurrentMood . $CurrentMusic . $WebLink . $Body;

}

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Livejournal/Dreamwidth CSV to HTML with PHP

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