The wrap it in an exec() or one of the other exec type functions ;)
$result = exec("mysqldump -uMyUser -pMyPass MyDB > db_dump_file.sql");
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Villa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Get MySQL table schema for a dump
>
>
> Sorry, I should have explained that I want to do this via PHP.
>
>
> ---> Jonathan
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Fredrik de Vibe
>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:31 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: Get MySQL table schema for a dump
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Villa) writes:
> > Is there was to get a database's table schema?
>
> I don't think it's called schemas in mysql, but I'm not sure :-)
>
> > So far, I have a simple function which will output
> > INSERT INTO table (x,x,x,) VALUES(x,x,x);
> > [ ... ]
> > but what I'm missing is
> > CREATE table blah, blah, blah
>
> mysqldump is the tool you need.
>
> e.g.
> $ mysqldump -u user [-p] Database > db_dump_file.sql
>
> man mysqldump for more info.
>
>
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