Simple mysql utility that dumps data from all databases on a server into a date stamped directory - can either be called either through a web site or automated with a PHP binary and entry into your crontab.

By : ov_m

<?php
//Full Source at http://www.ov-m.com/mysqlphpbak/

$MYSQL_SERVER="localhost"; // server name
$MYSQL_USER="foo"; // authorized mysql user
$MYSQL_PASSWD="bar"; // authorized user password
$PATHTOMYSQLDUMP="/www/bin/"; // path to mysqldump utility

$DIRNAME="/path/to/database/backup/dir/"; // where to do the backups
$DIRNAME.=date("Ymd"); // add date identifier
$DIRNAME.="/"; // add trailing slash

echo "Creating New Back Up Directory\n\n";

echo "Using Directory : $DIRNAME<br>\n";


if (@mkdir ($DIRNAME,0700)) {
echo "New Directory Created<br>\n";
} else {
echo "Directory already exists!\n";
}

echo "Backing Up all Databases on $HOSTNAME\n\n";

//***************************************************************************

mysql_connect($MYSQL_SERVER,$MYSQL_USER,$MYSQL_PASSWD);

$result = mysql_list_dbs();
$i = 0;
while ($i < mysql_num_rows ($result)) {
$tb_names[$i] = mysql_tablename ($result, $i);
$i++;
}
//***************************************************************************
// Loop through the table names, and do the dump.
//***************************************************************************
for ($i=0; $i<count($tb_names); $i++) {

$COMMAND_DO=$PATHTOMYSQLDUMP. "mysqldump -h".$MYSQL_SERVER." -u".$MYSQL_USER." -p".$MYSQL_PASSWD." ".$tb_names[$i]." > ".$DIRNAME.$tb_names[$i].".sql";

//echo $COMMAND_DO."\n"; // uncomment these lines if you want to see all
//flush(); // back-ups made on the server

exec($COMMAND_DO); // execute each backup

}

echo "\n\nDONE!\n";



?>

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