In phpBB, it’s possible to add comments to uploaded attachments: [Screenshot 2026-01-14 145541] These then appear under the image in the post: [Screenshot 2026-01-14 150018] It would be useful if the phpBB3 import script could take these comments and assign them as alt text to the image they a…

[image] shortmort37: Do you want to qualify the assignment based on MIME type? This could be useful, but I worked on a new way of adding the comment directly to the post’s raw. I believe it’s safer that way to handle all types of files. [image] Comparing discourse:main...italoaalves…

I’d be happy to test, but… Do I have to purge my test environment and repeat? Claude.ai walked my through the installation process, I’m a docker Newbie - and even so, there was a lot of errors along the way. If you can outline a way for me to readily test, I’d be happy to give it a go.

[image] italo: I worked on a new way of adding the comment directly to the post’s raw. Nice work! I poked at the code and couldn’t find that. [image] shortmort37: Do I have to purge my test environment and repeat? Yes. You’ll need to wipe the database and run again. The importer skips…

OK - well, the attachments are still in place, as is the MySQL database. It took several hours to run, but I’ll have Claude walk me through it and report back.

Sure, I can help you. No need to change your installation. The easy way: Take a backup of your site and store it safely. This will protect you from losing your work. Reset your site: # Enter the site’s container cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter <your-container-name> # Reset database bundle exe…

Seems simple enough! I will give it a go as soon as Rosie :dog: takes me for my walk.

[image] pfaffman: I poked at the code and couldn’t find that. I’m adding it here using the existing gsub: script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/text_processor.rb cf017392f unreferenced_attachments = attachments.dup text.gsub!(attac…

OK, backup is underway. I expect that could take a while… [image] italo: Modify the files with the new code. You can use a cli text editor or open your container using ssh in your favorite text editor. Do I need to edit? Can’t I just do a docker cp into the script path(s) of the files in y…

[image] shortmort37: Do I need to edit? Can’t I just do a docker cp into the script path(s) of the files in your git repo? That works too. Alternatively you can set the container.yml to use my repo and branch and rebuild.

Enhancement request to phpBB3 import script

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shortmort37 (Dan Morton) January 15, 2026, 4:34pm 12

Oh yeah! While we’re at it, is it easy enough to modify the script to report the phpBB post_id that’s being processed, when the date/time issue is reported?

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