Automated or regular backup of mysql data

Question

I want to take regular backups of some tables in my mysql database using / plain php / my second favorite language. I want it to b

Answer 1

I am suggesting to get database backup by command line utility using script file instead of PHP script.

Make my.ini file for store configurations

make file my.ini for default db username and password in root directory of user. so script will take username, password and hostname from this file

[client]
user = 
password = 
host = 

Create sh file called backup.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# script for get backup everyday

#change directory to your backup directory
cd /path_of_your_directory
#get backup of database of applications
mysqldump  tmp_db.sql;

#compress it in zip file
zip app_database-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).sql.zip tmp_db.sql;

#remove  sql file
rm -rf tmp_db.sql;

Give Executable permission to sh.file

chmod +x backup.sh

Set Cronjob

sh //backup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

Thats all

Goodluck