Is it possible to download a large database using mysql query
- by Rose
i am downloading files from server using WinSCP.Is it possible to write a query to download a large database using mysql query? Or using any other method
i have tried with this code but i am not able to get the whole database structure
<?php
if(file_exists('backup_sql/my_backup.zip'))
{
unlink('backup_sql/my_backup.zip');
}
$tables='*';
$host='MY HOST NAME';
$user='MY_USERNAME';
$pass='MYPASSWORD';
$name='MY_DB_NAME';
$link = mysql_connect($host,$user,$pass);
mysql_select_db($name,$link);
//get all of the tables
if($tables == '*')
{
$tables = array();
$result = mysql_query('SHOW TABLES');
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$tables[] = $row[0];
}
}
else
{
$tables = is_array($tables) ? $tables : explode(',',$tables);
}
$return='';
//cycle through
foreach($tables as $table)
{
$result = mysql_query('SELECT * FROM '.$table);
$num_fields = mysql_num_fields($result);
//$return.= 'DROP TABLE '.$table.';';
$row2 = mysql_fetch_row(mysql_query('SHOW CREATE TABLE '.$table));
$return.= "\n\n".$row2[1].";\n\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < $num_fields; $i++)
{
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$return.= 'INSERT INTO '.$table.' VALUES(';
for($j=0; $j<$num_fields; $j++)
{
$row[$j] = addslashes($row[$j]);
//$row[$j] = ereg_replace("\n","\\n",$row[$j]);
if (isset($row[$j])) { $return.= '"'.$row[$j].'"' ; } else { $return.= '""'; }
if ($j<($num_fields-1)) { $return.= ','; }
}
$return.= ");\n";
}
}
$return.="\n\n\n";
}
$rand_var=time();
$files_to_zip = array(
"'backup_sql/db-backup-'.$rand_var.'.sql'",
);
$name = 'db-backup-'.$rand_var.'.sql';
$data = $return;
?>
any one please help me... thank you
