Use: $command="mysqldump --user=$dbuser --password= $dbpass $dbname > $filename.sql"; Thanks & Regards Udayakumar Sarangapani Sr. PHP Developer CompIndia Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Chennai. "Science is nothing but logic..." ----- Original Message ---- From: malayappa2000 <malayappa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008 8:45:33 PM Subject: Getting empty .sql file when we run backup code please see the code Hi Guys i have the code for taking the database backup when i run the code i am getting empty file with out tables. fallowing is my code please provide some help. <?php $dbname = 'bulksms' ; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbpass = ''; $dbhost = 'localhost'; ; $connect=mysql_ connect($ dbhost,$dbuser, $dbpass); mysql_select_ db($db); //echo "jumbedb selected"; mysql_select_ db($dbname) or die("cannot select DB"); //$backupFile = $dbname . date("Y-m-d- H-i-s") . '.sql'; $backupFile = $dbname.'.sql' ; /* header('Content- Description: File Transfer'); header('Content- Type: application/ force-download' ); header ("Content-Type: application/ octet-stream" ); header("Content- Length: ".filesize(" $folder/$ file")); header('Content- Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $file); readfile("$folder/ $file"); */ // mysqldump ---user admin ---password= $dbpass mydatabase > sql.dump //$command = "mysqldump --opt -h $dbhost -u $dbuser --password=$ dbpass $dbname > $backupFile" ; //$command = "mysqldump --opt -h $dbhost -u $dbuser --password=$ dbpass $dbname"; $command="mysqldump ---user $dbuser ---password= $dbpass $dbname"; //echo "command is".$command; exec($command, $retval); $user_agent = strtolower ($_SERVER["HTTP_ USER_AGENT" ]); if ( (is_integer (strpos($user_ agent, "msie"))) && (is_integer (strpos($user_ agent, "win"))) ){ //header('Cache- Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0' ); //header('Pragma: public'); //header('Content- Type: xxx/null'); //header('Content- Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $backupFile . '";'); } else { //header('Content- Type: application/ octet-stream' ); //header('Content- Disposition: attachment; filename="' . $backupFile . '";'); //header('Pragma: no-cache'); } header('Content- Description: File Transfer'); header('Content- Type: application/ force-download' ); header ("Content-Type: application/ octet-stream" ); header('Content- Disposition: attachment; filename=' . $backupFile) ; //header('Content- Length: ' . strlen($retval) ); //readfile($ backupFile) ; //print_r( $retval); foreach($retval as $val) echo $val."\n"; ?> Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]