I agree with Curt, why reinvent the wheel. I mean even if you are like me and cannot access the command-line on your web server (which really really sucks) then there are still other tools that can do this very same thing. If you just want to click on a link and backup the db why not use the load data infile (of course this does not backup the database structure just the data) http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/LOAD_DATA.html. Or why not just get phpMyAdmin and upload it to your server. It already has these features plus many others, and of course the best part is it is open source http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/. So why take the time of reinventing the wheel? Of course this is just my dumb opinion...so you can always take it or leave it. David
-----Original Message----- From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:33 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [PHP] mysqldump * Thus wrote Marios Adamantopoulos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > This is an attempt to create an backup script for my online databases. There > are few things to sort out and the coding is not the most effiecient out > there yet!!! > > I just wanted to check on what you guys think, am I going the right way, is > there anything I should keep in mind? perhaps something like would be a whole lot easier: `mysqldump [options] db tables`; My general policy is don't revent the wheel unless it isn't round. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
