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PHP script to backup mysql

Sep 10th, 2009

Hi,

I am trying to backup one of my Mysql database with a PHP script.

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<?php
$host="localhost";
$database="toy";
$username="root";
$password="";
 
$connection=mysql_connect($host, $username, $password);
if(!$connection) {
	die("ERROR: Couldn't connect to the server.");
} else {
	$dbSelect=mysql_select_db($database);
	if(!$dbSelect) {
		die("ERROR: Couldn't select the database.");
	} else {
		$mysqldumpPath="/usr/bin/mysqldump";
		$backupFileName = "Desktop/toy-`date +%d-%m-%Y-%H:%M:%S`.sql";
		$createBackup = $mysqldumpPath." -u ".$username." -h ".$host." ".$database." > ".$backupFileName;
		exec($createBackup);
	}
}
?>
<?php
$host="localhost";
$database="toy";
$username="root";
$password="";

$connection=mysql_connect($host, $username, $password);
if(!$connection) {
	die("ERROR: Couldn't connect to the server.");
} else {
	$dbSelect=mysql_select_db($database);
	if(!$dbSelect) {
		die("ERROR: Couldn't select the database.");
	} else {
		$mysqldumpPath="/usr/bin/mysqldump";
		$backupFileName = "Desktop/toy-`date +%d-%m-%Y-%H:%M:%S`.sql";
		$createBackup = $mysqldumpPath." -u ".$username." -h ".$host." ".$database." > ".$backupFileName;
		exec($createBackup);
	}
}
?>

Executed code works fine in Linux terminal (toy-10-09-2009-16:15:49.sql) but when i run this PHP script it doesn't work. No error too.

What do you think i miss?

Thanks

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Re: PHP script to backup mysql

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$backupFileName = "Desktop/toy-`date +%d-%m-%Y-%H:%M:%S`.sql";

You probably are going to need the absolute path to where the file needs to be stored.

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Use [code] tags.

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No error. That's because you didn't echo the exec function. Line 18 should be as follows:

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echo exec($createBackup);

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Re: PHP script to backup mysql

Sep 11th, 2009

Still doesn't work. Also no error for echo exec($createBackup);.

I changed the path to /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root -h localhost toy > /var/www/toy/toy-11-09-2009_10:03:41.sql but, still doesn't work in the script.
As i said before, it works fine in Ubuntu terminal. I also, tar it in the terminal without any problem with same path.

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In Ubuntu. ok. I found this problem when I first got a Virtual Private Server. The server had a different file structure than what my Ubuntu did. So try to browse around your server to make sure those are the locations for your servers Operating System. There seems to be two mains sorts of systems of sorting files from my experience.

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Originally Posted by veledrom

Still doesn't work. Also no error for echo exec($createBackup);.

I changed the path to /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root -h localhost toy > /var/www/toy/toy-11-09-2009_10:03:41.sql but, still doesn't work in the script.
As i said before, it works fine in Ubuntu terminal. I also, tar it in the terminal without any problem with same path.

Thanks

Does PHP have write privileges to: /var/www/toy/

Does your root account on mysql have no password? Just wondering...

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Re: PHP script to backup mysql

Sep 15th, 2009

Hi digital,

I don't know how to check if PHP has R+W privilages !!!
No password for MySQL. I didn't set it.

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I use the class on the attachment to backup my CMS!

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Originally Posted by veledrom

Hi digital,

I don't know how to check if PHP has R+W privilages !!!
No password for MySQL. I didn't set it.

Thanks

A simple check is to have PHP write a file to where ever you want to check.

eg:

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$result = file_put_contents('/var/www/toy/test.txt', 'hi');
var_dump($result);
$result = file_put_contents('/var/www/toy/test.txt', 'hi');
var_dump($result);

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Re: PHP script to backup mysql

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Sep 16th, 2009

I have this info in 'User Settings'

Name-------Login name--------Home directory
veledrom ubuntu /home/ubuntu (this is active-bold and black coloured)
root root /root (this looks inactive-grey coloured)

This is what i did before.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chown -hR root /var/www/toy

I realise that i use root to login to mysql but in the terminal it shown ubuntu. Is ubuntu still root?

What can i do now? I bet it is something to do with users and permitions as you said, digital