reference http://davidwalsh.name/backup-mysql-database-php
http://mihaifrentiu.com/mysql-backup-php-helper
writes : If you want to skip entering the credentials every time, just fill these variables in the php code of the file:
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$db_host = '';
$db_name = '';
$db_user = '';
$db_pass = '';
and the form fields will be auto completed.
VERY IMPORTANT: MAKE SURE YOU UPLOAD THE FILE IN A SECURE FOLDER, NOT PUBLIC. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU UPLOAD IT TO A .HTACCESS PASSWORDED FOLDER.** http://davidwalsh.name/password-protect-directory-using-htaccess htpasswd - The password will be stored in encrypted form (standard crypt function) and the username will be in plaintext. more at http://stackoverflow.com/a/4175789 - generate a password at http://davidwalsh.name/web-development-tools
lines added - UTF8 (line 56) and exit (line 116)
```js //author : http://mihaifrentiu.com/mysql-backup-php-helper //filename : mf_mysql_backup.php <?php *=”” author:=”” mihai=”” frentiu=”” author=”” url:=”” http://mihaifrentiu.com=”” license:=”” gpl=”” v2=”” or=”” higher=”” based=”” on:=”” http://davidwalsh.name/backup-mysql-database-php=”” */=”” $db_host=’’ ;=”” $db_name=’’ ;=”” $db_user=’’ ;=”” $db_pass=’’ ;=”” $err=”false;” $connected=”false;” if(isset($_post)=”” &&=”” isset($_post[‘submit’])){=”” check=”” if=”” the=”” db=”” host=”” came=”” on=”” post=”” if(isset($_post[‘db_host’])=”” &&=”” $_post[‘db_host’]=”” !=’’ ){=”” $db_host=”$_POST[‘db_host’];” }else{=”” $err=”true;” $err_host=”true;” }=”” check=”” if=”” the=”” db=”” name=”” came=”” on=”” post=”” if(isset($_post[‘db_name’])=”” &&=”” $_post[‘db_name’]=”” !=’’ ){=”” $db_name=”$_POST[‘db_name’];” }else{=”” $err=”true;” $err_db_name=”true;” }=”” check=”” if=”” the=”” db=”” user=”” came=”” on=”” post=”” if(isset($_post[‘db_user’])=”” &&=”” $_post[‘db_user’]=”” !=’’ ){=”” $db_user=”$_POST[‘db_user’];” }else{=”” $err=”true;” $err_db_user=”true;” }=”” check=”” if=”” the=”” db=”” user=”” password=”” came=”” on=”” post=”” if(isset($_post[‘db_pass’])=”” &&=”” $_post[‘db_pass’]=”” !=’’ ){=”” $db_pass=”$_POST[‘db_pass’];” }=”” if(!$err){=”” $conn=”mysql_connect($db_host,” $db_user,=”” $db_pass);=”” utf8=”” mysql_query(“set=”” character_set_results=’utf8’ ,=”” character_set_client=’utf8’ ,=”” character_set_connection=’utf8’ ,=”” character_set_database=’utf8’ ,=”” character_set_server=’utf8’ “);=”” if(!$conn){=”” $err=”true;” $err_general_message=’Could not connect: ‘ .=”” mysql_errno().=”” ‘=”” ‘.mysql_error().=””?>
Check username and password.’; }else{
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$selected_db = mysql_select_db($db_name);
if(!$selected_db){
$err = true;
$err_general_message = 'Could not select database: '.mysql_errno().' '.mysql_error();
}else{
$connected = true;
$result = mysql_query('SHOW TABLES');
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$tables[] = $row[0];
}
$return = '';
foreach($tables as $table){
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM '.$table);
$num_fields = mysql_num_fields($result);
$return.= 'DROP TABLE '.$table.';';
$row2 = mysql_fetch_row(mysql_query('SHOW CREATE TABLE '.$table));
$return.= "\n\n".$row2[1].";\n\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < $num_fields;="" $i++)="" {="" while($row="mysql_fetch_row($result))" {="" $return.='INSERT INTO ' .$table.'="" values(';="" for($j="0;"><$num_fields; $j++)="" {="" $row[$j]="addslashes($row[$j]);" $row[$j]="ereg_replace(" \n","\\n",$row[$j]);"="" if="" (isset($row[$j]))="" {="" $return.='"' .$row[$j].'"'="" ;="" }="" else="" {="" $return.='""' ;="" }="" if=""></$num_fields;><($num_fields-1)) {="" $return.=',' ;="" }="" }="" $return.=");\n" ;="" }="" }="" $return.="\n\n\n" ;="" }="" $handle="fopen($db_name.'-'.date('Y-m-d').'.sql','w+');" fwrite($handle,$return);="" if(fclose($handle)){="" header('content-type:="" application/x-sql');="" header('content-disposition:="" attachment;="" filename="'.urlencode($db_name.'-'.date('Y-m-d').'.sql').'" ');="" header('content-transfer-encoding:="" binary');="" if(readfile($db_name.'-'.date('y-m-d').'.sql')){="" unlink($db_name.'-'.date('y-m-d').'.sql');="" }="" exit;="" }="" }="" }="" }="" }=""></($num_fields-1))>
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<div id="logo">
[](http://mihaifrentiu.com)
Database backup v0.1
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</div>
<div id="content">
<?php if(!$connected){=""?>
<div id="form">
<?php if(isset($err_general_message)="" &&="" $err_general_message="" !='' ){=""?>
<?php echo=”” $err_general_message;=””?>
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<?php }=""?>
<form name="db_bkp" method="post">
<label for="db_host">Host <sub>(in 99% percent of the cases is localhost)</sub></label>
<input type="text" name="db_host" id="db_host" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['db_host'])) ? $_POST['db_host'] : 'localhost'; ?>" class="textField">
<?php if(isset($err_host)="" &&="" $err_host){?=""?>
You must specify the database host.
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<?php }=""?>
<label for="db_name">Database name</label>
<input type="text" name="db_name" id="db_name" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['db_name'])) ? $_POST['db_name'] : ''; ?>" class="textField">
<?php if(isset($err_db_name)="" &&="" $err_db_name){?=""?>
You must specify the database name.
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<?php }=""?>
<label for="db_user">Database user</label>
<input type="text" name="db_user" id="db_user" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['db_user'])) ? $_POST['db_user'] : ''; ?>" class="textField">
<?php if(isset($err_db_user)="" &&="" $err_db_user){?=""?>
You must specify the database user.
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<?php }=""?>
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" name="db_pass" id="db_pass" value="" class="textField">
<input type="submit" class="submitBtn" name="submit" value="Backup Database">
</form>
</div>
<?php }else{=""?>
Backing up database. Please be patient!
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<?php }=""?>
</div>
```</strong>
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