Backup plugin not working

Hi @RoWEN,

I’ve removed the credentials from your post – please be careful not to post usernames/passwords! The recommended [dump] command in the plugin documentation suggests:

dump = "/usr/bin/mysqldump -h {$hostname} -u {$username} -p{$password} {$databasename}"

…in which the actual username, password, etc. will be replaced automatically. It’s best to leave it that way.

On your system, you’ll need to change /usr/bin/mysqldump for the right path. Otherwise everything should probably stay the same. I’m not sure of the best conventions for PHP under Windows, but I see from this post that you might want to try D:\\xampp\\mysql\\bin\\mysqldump.exe or D:/xampp/mysql/bin/mysqldump.exe. You might also want to try quoting the whole string with double quotes (").

When trying this, I’d also recommend checking your PHP error log to see if it indicates anything.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team