Automatic backup

[stepage]

Hi

I wanted to semi-auotmate the backup of my database, ie first of a month, but the only ways I can find ivolve using system(), exec() or passthru() functions which are not allowed. Is there any other way to be able to script the backup?

[webzone (archived)]

Why do you want to make a script on the server to do backups?

The best way is to make a script (a batch file on Windows, or an AppleScript on a Mac) on your own computer to copy all files from the server using FTP. Also, there are probably applications to do the same thing.

[x]

you could make a script so that when you access it with the password, it chucks all of the files you want and a dumped database into a zip file and sends you that which you can save on your harddrive somewhere. that would be quite easy to do.