Re: MySQL Dump using PHP
| From: | Ajai Khattri | Date: | Sat, 06 Dec 2003 21:19:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: MySQL Dump using PHP | ||
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On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 06:02:40PM -0300, Cesar Aracena wrote:
> The thing is that I don't have phisical access to the server and it doesn't
> have telnet access either. What I want to achieve is to make a password
> protected page inside my site were a button is kept to start a full backup
> of my MySQL DB and after clicking on it, be able to select the Internet
> Explorer's option to store the file xxxxxxx.sql in my HDD. Is this possible?
> I use the built'in function of phpbb that does exactly that and it's just
> beautifull.
Of course it is possible to do it that way (in which case, you can probably
look at how phpBB does it).
The only problem with this is if the script takes too long to execute (rare,
but possible) in which case your browser could timeout.
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Aj.
Sys. Admin / Developer