From 4ebd0203536a9266d5d3ff604d3151302087a6b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Axelrod <roman@axe-web.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:40:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Enhance domain replacement process in wp-import.php with
 error handling and informative output

---
 .gitignore    |  2 ++
 wp-import.php | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d48c759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.idea
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-import.php b/wp-import.php
index 2e27ce2..9c8a6f3 100644
--- a/wp-import.php
+++ b/wp-import.php
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ echo shell_exec( 'wp db import ./wp-content/mysql.sql' );
 
 $domain         = shell_exec( 'wp option get siteurl' );
 $search_replace = trim( $domain ) . ' ' . trim( $staging_domain );
-echo shell_exec( "wp search-replace $search_replace --all-tables" );
+
+// Replace the domain in the database.
+echo "--------------------------------";
+echo "Performing search and replace:";
+echo "wp search-replace $search_replace --all-tables";
+echo "--------------------------------";
+
+try {
+        echo shell_exec( "wp search-replace $search_replace --all-tables" );
+} catch ( Exception $e ) {
+        echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
+        exit( 1 );
+}
 
 rmdir( './wp-content/plugins/post-smtp' );
 rmdir( './wp-content/plugins/wordfence' );