Posted by Rik on 08/13/07 21:43

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:40:33 +0200, <@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>> <?php
>>
>> $username =3D 'YOURUSERNAME';
>> $password =3D 'YOURPASSWORD';
>> $database =3D 'DATABASENAME';
>> $filename =3D 'FILENAME';
>>
>> system("mysqldump --compact --compress -u{$username} -p{$password}
>>
>> > {$database} | gzip --best > {$filename}");
>>
>> ?>
>
> I ran this,
>
> <?php
>
> $username =3D 'logg1';
> $password =3D 'something';
> $database =3D 'dbplace';
> $filename =3D 'testing.zip';
>
> system("mysqldump --compact --compress -u{$username} -p{$password} >
> {$database} | gzip --best > {$filename}");
>
> ?>
>
> It placed a 'testing.zip' in the root folder, however it was only 20
> bytes and nothing was in it. I know I have the other settings right
> as I use it successfully elsewhere. There were no displayed errors
> after running it, ... is there anything I can do to de-bug? :) :)

Give a FULL path to the file (like: /etc/path/to/file.zip). And enable =

errors:
<?php
ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
system();//etc
?>

-- =

Rik Wasmus

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