Why is my database backup script not working in php?

Question

I am using the Database Backup script by David Walsh(http://davidwalsh.name/backup-mysql-database-php) to backup my MYSQL database as a .sql file to my server.

I cre

Answer 1

You have to make sure that mysql_query does not first return a non-stream. Try this:

....

if (false !== ($result = mysql_query('SHOW TALBES')) {
    while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
    {
        $tables[] = $row[0];
    }
} else {
    // see Mchl's point about mysql_error
}