Did u mention the database name from where the table has to be
picked up.
check out the manual for correct syntax.
/sagar
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Frasketi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:25 PM
Subject: [PHP] Newbie Question: mysqldump via PHP
> Hello listers
>
> I'm trying to implement a mySQL database dump via PHP4 on a unix system
> as follows...
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> $result = exec("mysqldump -umyname --password=mypassword
> tablename >db.dump",$xarray,$status);
> echo "status[$status]<br>";
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> I get the following error PHP error message...
>
> status[127]
>
> and the file 'db.dump' has been created but it has 0 bytes.
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nobody 0 Sep 4 13:27 db.dump
>
> Although I can execute the mysqldump program from the unix shell and I
> get...
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 myname myname 23704 Sep 4 13:18 db.dump
>
> My questions are...
>
> 1. Can the mysqldump program be executed via PHP or not and if not
> can you please explain why?
>
> 2. Is there another way of doing this via PHP?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Tony Frasketi
> P.S. Please answer direct, since I'm only subscribed to the digest.
>
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