Comments on: Use PHP to Backup your MySQL Database http://chriscook.me/web-development/backup-mysql-database-php/ Homepage Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:59:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sven Kauber http://chriscook.me/web-development/backup-mysql-database-php/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Sven Kauber Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:48:58 +0000 http://chriscook.me/?p=104#comment-144 Thanks for this nice script! Just what I needed for my backup purposes. The hosting company that many of my clients are using does not allow to use mysql and mysqldump commands via the system() - call. That's why this script is perfect and "just works". Here are some small changes I made in order to have the file gzipped on the fly: $handle = gzopen('backup-'.time().'-'.(md5(implode(',',$tables))).'.gz','w'); gzwrite($handle,$return); gzclose($handle); Thanks for this nice script! Just what I needed for my backup purposes. The hosting company that many of my clients are using does not allow to use mysql and mysqldump commands via the system() – call. That’s why this script is perfect and “just works”.

Here are some small changes I made in order to have the file gzipped on the fly:

$handle = gzopen(‘backup-’.time().’-’.(md5(implode(‘,’,$tables))).’.gz’,'w’);
gzwrite($handle,$return);
gzclose($handle);

]]> By: Ben Avery http://chriscook.me/web-development/backup-mysql-database-php/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Ben Avery Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:18:37 +0000 http://chriscook.me/?p=104#comment-137 A very good backup method, thanks! I've been looking for a cross operating system compatible approach to this. Any chance of an equally good way to reverse the process to create a "restore" database? I have a local MySQL server on a personal computer which runs a very important schedule which gets updated regularly. As it runs on a Windows OS for this project, I've been using the php "system" command to backup the database. Could a restore similar to the way you execute the backup above be written to provide a similar functionality to a cross operating system setting? Ben A very good backup method, thanks!

I’ve been looking for a cross operating system compatible approach to this.

Any chance of an equally good way to reverse the process to create a “restore” database?

I have a local MySQL server on a personal computer which runs a very important schedule which gets updated regularly. As it runs on a Windows OS for this project, I’ve been using the php “system” command to backup the database.

Could a restore similar to the way you execute the backup above be written to provide a similar functionality to a cross operating system setting?

Ben

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