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Sep 10th, 2009

PHP script to backup mysql

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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

Last edited by veledrom; Sep 10th, 2009 at 12:34 pm. Reason: .

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On this line:

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

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

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