This works: exec("mysqldump -u **** -p**** -A > test.sql"); This doesn't. exec("mysqldump -u **** -p**** -A > $filename");
:)???? <?php $filename = "/home/johj2201/public_html/mysqldump/db_backup_" . date("n-j-y").".sql"; exec("mysqldump -u **** -p**** -A > $filename"); echo "dump completed on $filename "; ?> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php