Posted by apostolosl on 05/08/06 15:48

Hi there.
I need to update a remote database from a local one. I use mysqldump in
my php page in order to create a file for each table, like this:

$command="mysqldump table_products > table_products.sql";
system($command);

This works perfect and it gives me a file with a drop-table,
create-table and all the insert values.

Then I need to connect to the remote server and run the
table_products.sql file.

The way I do that is by calling the following in my php page:

$command="mysql --host=$host --user=$user --password=$pass
--database=$db;";
system($command);

, where $host, $user etc are being set at the top of the page. This
works fine and I get connected to the remote database.

Now I need to run the following mysql command: source stb_products.sql

When I try this sequence from a command line, it works perfect. When I
call "mysql --host=$host --user=$user --password=$pass --database=$db;"
in command line I get the "mysql>" prompt, and the run the "source
table_products.sql" and the remote database gets updated.

When I do this through PHP the last command doesn't work.

I guess I am not calling 'source' from within a "mysql" prompt?

How should I do it?

Any other ideas for achieving the same result? I need to do everything
from a single PHP page that runs on a local machine.

Thanks in advance,
Asaq

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