Empty files generated from running `mysqldump` using PHP
- by alex
I keep getting empty files generated from running
$command = 'mysqldump --opt -h localhost -u username -p \'password\' dbname > \'backup 2009-04-15 09-57-13.sql\'';
command($command);
Anyone know what might be causing this? My password has strange characters in it, but works fine with connecting to the db.
I've ran exec($command, $return) and outputted the $return array and it is finding the command. I've also ran it with mysqldump > file.sql and the file contains
Usage: mysqldump [OPTIONS] database [tables]
OR mysqldump [OPTIONS] --databases [OPTIONS] DB1 [DB2 DB3...]
OR mysqldump [OPTIONS] --all-databases [OPTIONS]
For more options, use mysqldump --help
So it would seem like the command is working.
