Notice: this is NOT a high-security solution for database backup! Use at your own risk.

Verbose instructions, including a step-by-step example, are included in the zip file.

Download: techdonkeycom-database-backup.zip

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This package will enable you to set yourself up a browser-visitable simple one-button backup of your MySQL database.

It was cobbled together by Elaine Miller from a few different scraps of GPL code, and specifically was constructed to have a bit of security on the index file while side-stepping the problems caused by .htaccess directory-level protection battling with the URL rewrite rules of the omnipresent WordPress.

Users on a different architecture than my techdonkey.com clients may need to tweak their settings differently, and advanced users may wish to tweak even more. Have at it. If you make changes that are Very Useful To Others, please shoot ‘em back to me and I’ll incorporate ‘em in this package.

time: 5 min
geekiness level: minimal

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You’ll need these skills to start:

be able to edit a text file
be able to transfer files to your account, whether by FTP or SCP or Cpanel’s FileManager

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You’ll need this info before you start:

your database name
your database username
your database password
your account/site username

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Notice: this is NOT a high-security solution for database backup! Use at your own risk.

Verbose instructions, including a step-by-step example, are included in the zip file.

Download: techdonkeycom-database-backup.zip