> Okay here is the new code and this is still not working. > > <?php > > require("./config.php"); > > $sqlserver = $server1; > $sqlusername = $username1; > $sqlpassword = $password1; > $sqldatabase = $database1; > > //****************************** > $nam_bak=date('D,d-m-Y');
Can you have a filename with a comma in it? > exec("mysqldump -u\"$sqlusername\" -p\"$sqlpassword\" \"$sqldatabase\" > > $backupdir/$nam.sql"); Take out the \" quotes around username, password, and database. > > exec("gzip $backupdir/$nam.sql"); ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php