Re: [PHP-DB] Database Backup
Andrew, I like the idea of using the crontab even though I have never used it before. I guess the first thing I need to do is make my script. Thanks for the link to mysqldump, I think it will be usefull. Do you happen to know how I might be able to push a file to another server using FTP? Just playing around the past few days I have created a script that will get the contents of the table and bring up a download window so I can download it into an Excel file. It doesnt use mysqldump, but it works. But I need it to send the file to my FTP server automaticly. Any suggestions?? Thanks, Aaron Andrew Kreps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:33:08 -0400, Aaron Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is everyone doing to backup a MySQL database. Just in case...I'd like to backup mine, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without going to a page and clicking a button. Is there a way to run a php script on a time schedule and then push a backup file to an FTP server or something. Anyone out there doing anything like this? Personally, I go straight to the source. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqldump.html You can write a PHP script that runs the dump, compresses the file and FTP's the file anywhere you like. As Martin mentioned, You can run this PHP script from your crontab or Task Scheduler by invoking the interpreter from the command line, i.e. '/usr/local/bin/php /home/mydir/scripts/backupDB.php'. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database Backup
On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:31:34 -0400, Aaron Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you happen to know how I might be able to push a file to another server using FTP? I might http://us4.php.net/ftp has a list of all the FTP related PHP functions with some ready-to-use examples. Enjoy! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP-DB] Database Backup
What is everyone doing to backup a MySQL database. Just in case...I'd like to backup mine, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without going to a page and clicking a button. Is there a way to run a php script on a time schedule and then push a backup file to an FTP server or something. Anyone out there doing anything like this? Thanks, Aaron -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database Backup
You can simply copy files from 'data' subfolder of mysql database or create php script to make a dump of db and run it on regular basis as a cron job. Cheers, Martin What is everyone doing to backup a MySQL database. Just in case...I'd like to backup mine, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without going to a page and clicking a button. Is there a way to run a php script on a time schedule and then push a backup file to an FTP server or something. Anyone out there doing anything like this? Thanks, Aaron -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database Backup
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:33:08 -0400, Aaron Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is everyone doing to backup a MySQL database. Just in case...I'd like to backup mine, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without going to a page and clicking a button. Is there a way to run a php script on a time schedule and then push a backup file to an FTP server or something. Anyone out there doing anything like this? Personally, I go straight to the source. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysqldump.html You can write a PHP script that runs the dump, compresses the file and FTP's the file anywhere you like. As Martin mentioned, You can run this PHP script from your crontab or Task Scheduler by invoking the interpreter from the command line, i.e. '/usr/local/bin/php /home/mydir/scripts/backupDB.php'. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database backup
Chris Payne wrote: Hi there everyone, Is there a quick way I can backup all my databases on Linux so I can download them to my HD/Burn them onto CD? I've started a very large travel project and there is going to be over 100 DB's in the end, each with who knows how many tables and going through PHPMyADMIN and exporting 1 DB at a time is going to take forever. My Server is the Rehat Linux 8.0 with Apache and MySQL and PHP. Thanks, any help would be really appreciated (And save me alot of headaches). Quickest way is to shut down MySQL and just copy the data directory. Then restart MySQL. Or you can use mysqldump with the --all-databases flag. -- ---John Holmes... Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals www.phparch.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database backup
mysqldump -A /path_to_file/filename.sql for eg: mysqldump -A /tmp/alldatabases.sql This generates a sql file which can be used as backup or for restore... Hope it helps.. -ramki Chris Payne wrote: Hi there everyone, Is there a quick way I can backup all my databases on Linux so I can download them to my HD/Burn them onto CD? I've started a very large travel project and there is going to be over 100 DB's in the end, each with who knows how many tables and going through PHPMyADMIN and exporting 1 DB at a time is going to take forever. My Server is the Rehat Linux 8.0 with Apache and MySQL and PHP. Thanks, any help would be really appreciated (And save me alot of headaches). Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database backup
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Backup.html This question might be a little bit more relevant on the mySQL-help list... At the very least, if that page doesn't do it for you, you might be able to get a little bit more expertise about backups of very large installations there. -Cameron Wilhelm On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 03:46 PM, Chris Payne wrote: Hi there everyone, Is there a quick way I can backup all my databases on Linux so I can download them to my HD/Burn them onto CD? I've started a very large travel project and there is going to be over 100 DB's in the end, each with who knows how many tables and going through PHPMyADMIN and exporting 1 DB at a time is going to take forever. My Server is the Rehat Linux 8.0 with Apache and MySQL and PHP. Thanks, any help would be really appreciated (And save me alot of headaches). Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] Database backup
How'bout backing up your data directory (ies) Otherwise you can maybe use mysql_dump in a batch?? Jack -Original Message- From: Chris Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:46 PM To: php Subject: [PHP-DB] Database backup Hi there everyone, Is there a quick way I can backup all my databases on Linux so I can download them to my HD/Burn them onto CD? I've started a very large travel project and there is going to be over 100 DB's in the end, each with who knows how many tables and going through PHPMyADMIN and exporting 1 DB at a time is going to take forever. My Server is the Rehat Linux 8.0 with Apache and MySQL and PHP. Thanks, any help would be really appreciated (And save me alot of headaches). Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database backup
use mysqldump. you can dump all databases (--all-databases) or list them individually. http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/mysqldump.html hth Jeff Chris Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: php [EMAIL PROTECTED] ene.com cc: Subject: [PHP-DB] Database backup 08/26/2003 05:46 PM Hi there everyone, Is there a quick way I can backup all my databases on Linux so I can download them to my HD/Burn them onto CD? I've started a very large travel project and there is going to be over 100 DB's in the end, each with who knows how many tables and going through PHPMyADMIN and exporting 1 DB at a time is going to take forever. My Server is the Rehat Linux 8.0 with Apache and MySQL and PHP. Thanks, any help would be really appreciated (And save me alot of headaches). Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Database backup
Just do a mysqldump on the command line. It will dump a whole bunch of SQL code that can be used to recreate the database in the event of disaster. You could even pipe the output to gzip to compress it. mysqldump --all-databases -u root | gzip -c mysql_backup.gz That works fine for me. Then just do this to restore the database from backup: gunzip mysql_backup.gz mysql -u root mysql_backup I recommend putting this in a shell script cron job that stores each backup with the date in the file name. Enjoy. --Dave Chris Payne wrote: Hi there everyone, Is there a quick way I can backup all my databases on Linux so I can download them to my HD/Burn them onto CD? I've started a very large travel project and there is going to be over 100 DB's in the end, each with who knows how many tables and going through PHPMyADMIN and exporting 1 DB at a time is going to take forever. My Server is the Rehat Linux 8.0 with Apache and MySQL and PHP. Thanks, any help would be really appreciated (And save me alot of headaches). Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
