Integrating MantisBT with WordPress

Recently I mentioned how I was integrating MantisBT with my blog. Well, I thought I’d release the code for anybody else to use and tinker with.

add_shortcode('mantis','show_mantis');

function show_mantis($paras="",$content="") {
    global $wpdb;
    // Get the ID for the current project
    $project_id=$wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT id FROM mantis_project_table WHERE name = '".$content."' "));
    // Loop around twice, loading specific variables for each loop
    $output="";
    $loop=1;
    while ($loop<3) {
        if ($loop==1) {
            $category="b.name = 'Bug'";
            $title="Known Bugs";
            $scr_id="bugs";
        } else {
            $category="(b.name = 'Enhancement' OR b.name = 'Maintenance')";
            $title="Planned Enhancements";
            $scr_id="enhance";
        }
        // Build query to look for Mantis information    
        $mantis=$wpdb->get_results("SELECT a.id AS 'ID', summary AS 'Description' FROM mantis_bug_table a, mantis_category_table b WHERE a.project_id = ".$project_id." AND ".$category." AND a.category_id = b.id AND a.status <> 80 AND a.status <> 90 ORDER BY a.id");
        // Output heading 
        $output.="<h2>".$title."</h2>n";
        // Loop through and output results
        if ($mantis) {
            $output.="<p><a href="https://artiss.blog/mantisbt/roadmap_page.php?project_id=".$project_id."" target="_blank">View the roadmap</a> for ".$content."</p>";            
            $output.="<ol>n";
            foreach ($mantis as $mantis_data) {
                $id=$mantis_data->ID;
                $desc=$mantis_data->Description;
                $output.="<li>".$desc." [<a href="https://artiss.blog/mantisbt/view.php?id=".$id."" target="_blank">View</a>]</li>n";
            }
            $output.="</ol>n";
        } else {
            if ($loop==1) {
                $output.="<p>No bugs are currently recorded.</p>";
            } else {
                $output.="<p>No enhancements are currently planned.</p>";
            }
        }
        $loop++;
    }
    return $output;
}

This would need adding to your functions.php file and introduced a new shortcode. Simply use [mantis]Name[/mantis] in a post or page, where Name is the project name in MantisBT.

In my code I’m displaying, separately, bugs and maintenance & enhancements (the latter two being grouped together), each with their own heading. Under each heading I also include a link to the relevant roadmap for the project.

Not surprisingly I only fetch open issues 😉

If you need any help modifying this for your own use, let me know.

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