Dump database data using Doctrine 2

Question

Is it possible to dump a database using doctrine 2? I have read that symfony has a library which extends doctrine to do it but How could I use it in my zendframework project

Answer 1

I created a small script that read the parameters from app/config/parameters.yml and output all the data from a MySQL database to a file (with current datetime used as name).

Save this in the root of your Symfony project (e.g. mysqldump.sh):

#!/bin/bash

# See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59895/can-a-bash-script-tell-what-directory-its-stored-in/23905052#23905052
ROOT=$(readlink -f $(dirname "$0"))

cd $ROOT

# Get database parameters
dbname=$(grep "database_name" ./app/config/parameters.yml | cut -d " " -f 6)
dbuser=$(grep "database_user" ./app/config/parameters.yml | cut -d " " -f 6)
dbpassword=$(grep "database_password" ./app/config/parameters.yml | cut -d " " -f 6)

filename="$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').sql"

echo "Export $dbname database"

mysqldump -B "$dbname" -u "$dbuser" --password="$dbpassword" > "$filename"

echo "Output file :"

ls -lh "$filename"

Result when running the script:

$ bash mysqldump.sh 
Export […] database
Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Output file :
-rw-rw-r-- 1 […] […] 1,8M march   1 14:39 2016-03-01_14-39-08.sql