Comments on: Automatic MySql Backup Script

By: karo

karo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:29 +0000

thanks,

i’ll try this scripts

By: Friends

Friends — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:07:29 +0000

Vielen Dank für diesen Vorschlag. Ich schicke Dir einen Gruß aus Deutschland.

Thanks for the suggestion. I send you regards from Germany.

By: yan

yan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:50:23 +0000

How to organize the automatic start of the script (I have a dedicated server and have the right root). Can I make this script backups several MySql databases?

By: drucker

drucker — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:08:18 +0000

This is an invaluable resource. Many thanks.

Im a php novice and it took me hours (more than I care to count) to get the script working. I see some folks are also struggling. One key is found in comment #74 on/about page 5. Neglecting part B of Sean’s comment is a show-stopper and neglecting part A is almost as troubling (for example at/about lines 255,301,362,379,381). Also comment 97 is good and because Im hosted by godaddy, comment 136 was invaluable. Also I struggled with the mkdir error and found it best to make these directories manually; also comment out rmdir at end of the script — what’s the harm in letting it be? Im on unix, php5, mysql5 and happily report that this script is a gem, backing up my data daily.

For my own benefit I must wonder why comment 74 is so little discussed when it seems so vital. Maybe its just me. Can someone shed a light?

By: Keenan

Keenan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:59:36 +0000

Hmm… I keep running into an error… I’m not sure what’s causing it. Any help?
Well here is the error (the HTML didn’t parse 0_o).




Warning:  mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied in /home/disney5/public_html/forums/includes/cron/backup_dbs.php on line 156



Notice:  Undefined index:  f_log in /home/disney5/public_html/forums/includes/cron/backup_dbs.php on line 86

Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups


Notice:  Undefined index:  f_err in /home/disney5/public_html/forums/includes/cron/backup_dbs.php on line 86

Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups
Backup directory could not be created in /db_backups

By: elp

elp — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:35:20 +0000

while i try it with appserv ( XP pro sp2 ). then i got these message Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: No such file or directory in C:\AppServ\www\cron\backup_dbs.php on line 160 Notice: Undefined index: f_log in C:\AppServ\www\cron\backup_dbs.php on line 86 Backup temp directory could not be created in /tmp/backup_temp Notice: Undefined index: f_err in C:\AppServ\www\cron\backup_dbs.php on line 86 Backup temp directory could not be created in /tmp/backup_temp Backup temp directory could not be created in /tmp/backup_temp anyone could help me?

By: jsherk

jsherk — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:35:35 +0000

Akshay… the date() part of it should NOT be in single quotes… it should look like this:
$BACKUP_NAME = ‘mysql_backup_’ . date(’Y-m-d’);
Notice there are NO quotes on the outside of the date(), only around ‘mysql_backup_’ and around ‘Y-m-d’.

By: naveen

naveen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:13:11 +0000

Executing MySQL Backup Script v1.4
Processing Databases..
Dumped DB: weberservices_co_in_ws
Compressed DB: weberservices_co_in_ws
Archiving files..
FAILED
tar: db_backups/mysql_backup_2009-07-28.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
FAILED
tar: db_backups/mysql_backup_2009-07-28.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

*** ERRORS DETECTED! ***
Check your email account naveennathtripathi@gmail.com for more information!

There were errors!
Emailing error log to naveennathtripathi@gmail.com ..

By: Akshay

Akshay — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:09:07 +0000

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in D:\wamp\www\backup\backup_dbs_config.php on line 43

43. $BACKUP_NAME = ‘mysql_backup_’ . ‘date(”Y-m-d”)’;

could antone help out me in resilving this?
I am using WapServer.

Akshay

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:38:47 +0000

Hi,
My testlink is associated with Mamp since I am using Mac machine. I can’t find the backup files that this script would produce upon running it. I tried to find the backups in the db and temp folders from my Mamp but no backups that had been created.

I really need help to fix this. If possible a step by step procedure to ensure the script will run correctly.. thanks!

By: Krishna

Krishna — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:24:04 +0000

There is Cron Job which runs every day. All the logs will come to be through mail. Suddenly I am getting mails without any data in it. When I check for logs on server, they are of 0KB. What could be wrong? And how can I resolve this issue?

By: Admin

Admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13:56 +0000

This script was created about four years ago, and the last small change I did was two years ago. It still runs on my servers to this day, but i have not even looked at it in a long time. In other words, it is not really a top priority as far as updates are concerned, but hey, it is free to download!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:36:34 +0000

Everytime I try to run the script I get this
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ‘\’ (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/gwauctio/public_html/backup program/backup_dbs.php on line 2

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/gwauctio/public_html/backup program/backup_dbs.php on line 2

By: Raktri4u

Raktri4u — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:41:23 +0000

can any one make me sure that this script do locks the tables of the mentioned databases or not???
thanks in advance
Rak

By: help

help — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:00:40 +0000

Thanks for the script works on one server but not on Centos, I get this

more rackmonkey_mysql_backup_2009-04-10_1655.log
2009-04-10 16:55:35: Executing MySQL Backup Script v1.4
2009-04-10 16:55:35: Processing Databases..

I dont see any db getting back up , i do see /tmp/backup_temp get created but no email or a back up file. Also I notice it does not leave a copy of the db on the server

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:08:51 +0000

Great script but could not work on WAMP setup on Windows. I changed the parameters pointing to the mysql path etc and whenever i run the script, i get this error:-


DUMP FAILED
'..' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
DUMP FAILED

By: DEEPAK BHATIA

DEEPAK BHATIA — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:20:15 +0000

Hi,

The mail is not working. I have Xampp hosted on a linux machine.

Thanks

Deepak Bhatia

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:11:38 +0000

Works great, thanks for the invaluable resource.

By: Jim Selleck

Jim Selleck — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:44:26 +0000

This is a nice script, although it should have better error handling.

Unfortunately, you cannot run it on a Bravenet hosted web site because their internal security rules for virtual hosting accounts prevent the use of exec().

That is not the fault of the script writer, it is an issue with Bravenet.

By: coolscript

coolscript — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:27:20 +0000

Have any of you seen this before:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writelog() (previously declared in C:\xampp\htdocs\backup\backup_dbs.php:80) in C:\xampp\htdocs\backup\backup_dbs_config.php on line 98

thanks!