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Posted by J.O. Aho on 08/22/06 04:15
rhys@biznz.net wrote:
> I am trying to create a one click backup database script so non-geek
> office staff can do backups, but so far I can only output empty files -
> the new file appears, but it is empty....
>
> E.G.
> $db_user = "root";
> $db_password = "";
> $db_database = "or";
> $db_server = "localhost";
> $backup_path = "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\openreal\\admin\\backup\\";
> $path_to_mysqldump = "C:\\xampp\\mysql\\bin\\";
> $filename = "backup".date("YmdHis").".sql";
>
> shell_exec ("mysqldump $db_database > $path_to_mysqldump.$filename
> --user=$db_user --password=$db_password");
>
> I have tried various forms of this syntax with no content output?
Don't think microsofts qdos supports stream redirections and I don't think you
want a dot as the first in the filename.
try
shell_exec ("mysqldump $db_database --result-file=$path_to_mysqldump$filename
--user=$db_user --password=$db_password");
//Aho
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