Posted by Tom on 04/30/07 17:52

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:06:44 -0400, Kevin Marks wrote...
>
>I am trying to set up an ultra simple database backup. I don't want it
>zipped or anything. I am basically just trying to figure out how to use
>mysqldump on a php page, because I have spent the last hour+ reading web
>sites that were way beyond my level.
>
>Does anyone have an ultra simple php routine that does this. I really want
>bare minimum, so I can figure it out.
>
>Thanks
>
>


If you're site is hosted somewhere, that service may already be backing up your
data, but probably need to confirm that with them.

I've run MySQL from a Unix environment and you can use the mysqldump utility to
back up selected databases. I was able to set that up in "cron" so that I could
schedule the backups as frequently as I needed, and completely automated.


Tom
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