Hey thanks for your response, I tried it but still not working, even I tried
echoing the exec statement as Robert said but it generates blank Backup.sql
file :(
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:49 PM, José Miguel Santibáñez A. <jms@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> > I tried it, but it is just generating a blank .sql file see this code I
> > used
> >
> > exec("mysqldump -h localhost -u root -p testdatabase > Backup.sql");
>
> you need put the pass for root user of mysql.
> you need give permissions to apache (user for php) can write on "." folder.
>
> look at your apache error log to identify another messages, but i sugggest
> to use full options
>
>
>
> mysqldump --host=localhost --user=root --password=passforroot \
> --lock-tables --quick --extended-insert --complete-inserts \
> --database=testdatabase --result-file=Backup.sql
>
> regards,
>
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