Simple-MySQL-Backup

PHP script for backup of MySQL databases - uses the power of mysqldump and gzip.

Features

• Backup of databases and compression
• Emailing of backup files

Requirements

You need rights to execute the PHP "exec" command, and you need mysqldump and gzip installed.

Usage

Download the script and put it somewhere on your server (let's assume "/somewhere/simple-mysql-backup/"). Create a folder where you'll store the backup files and set write permission for this folder (let's assume "/somewhere/backup-files/").

Create a new file (let's assume it is called "backup.php") and include the "backup-required.php" from the lib.

require_once '/somewhere/simple-mysql-backup/backup-required.php';

Then create a backup for a table:

MySQLBackup::init()
	->setBackupFilesPath('/somewhere/backup-files/')
	->addDatabaseToBackup('database_name', 'username', 'password') // replace the 3 parameters with your values
	->backup()
;

Running the backup.php will store the files to "/somewhere/backup-files".

If you want to email the backups and have them deleted, choose between 2 mailing options:

• mail: using the php mailer
• smtp: using an smtp mail account for sending (recommended)

then adjust your config:

MySQLBackup::init()
	->setBackupFilesPath('/somewhere/backup-files/')
	->addDatabaseToBackup('database_name', 'username', 'password') // replace the 3 parameters with your values
	->setMailer('smtp') // smtp or mail
	->setSMTPConfig(array('smtp.example.com', 'smtp_user', 'smtp_password', 25)) // replace with your values
	->setEmailSender('backup@example.com') // set the sender address for the email
	->setEmailSubject('Backup of database') // set an email subject
	->setEmailRecipients(array('johndoe@example.com', 'janedoe@example.com')) // add some recipients for the email
	->deleteFilesAfterBackup() // deletes the files after sending
	->backup()
;

The default filename is _.sql.gz. is by default "Y-m-d", you can change this by setting a different date format:

MySQLBackup::init()
	...
	->setFileDateFormat('d.m.Y')
	->backup()
;

If mysqldump or gzip are not within the path, you can specify their location:

MySQLBackup::init()
	...
	->setMysqldumpPath('/path/to/mysqldump/') // path to the folder, not the executable! With trailing slash!
	->setGZipPath('/path/to/gzip/') // path to the folder, not the executable! With trailing slash!git status
	->backup()
;