RE: [PHP] What is the best way to backup a MySQL Database
| From: | Pablo Gosse | Date: | Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:02:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] What is the best way to backup a MySQL Database | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Elliot J. Balanza wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been trying to use MySQL dump with a php query (since we dont
> have like a mysql_dump function) but it's not working.
>
> Can anyone please point me to a page so i can read a method to backup
> MySQL databases to an .sql file using php?
>
> thanks.
>
> Vamp
Why can't you use mysqldump? If you don't have command-line access, how
are you managing your DB (I would assume PHPMyAdmin or MySQL-Front)? I
haven't used any of the PHPMyAdmin or PHPPGAdmin (or MySQL-Front) for
some time now, but there should be a way to back up your database within
them.