I want to export one table from my database into a .sql file using mysqldump.
My code almost works:
$problem = ' --databases '.$db_name;
$cmd = 'mysqldump';
$cmd .= ' --host='.$dbhost;
$cmd .= ' --user='.$dbuser;
$cmd .= ' --password='.$dbpass;
$cmd .= $problem;
$cmd .= ' > '.$filename;
shell_exec( $cmd.' '.$filename)
This code works fantastic, giving me a dump of the entire database into the file I've specified.
However: Now I only want to get one table dumped.
Let's modify the variable $problem:
option 1
$problem = ' --databases '.$db_name.' '.$table_name;
This still dumps the entire DB
option 2
$problem = ' --databases '.$db_name;
$problem .= ' --tables '.$table_name;
option 3
$problem = ' --tables '.$table_name;
option 4
$problem = ' --tables '.$table_name.' '.$db_name;
option 5
$problem = ' '.$db_name.' '.$table_name;
Options 2 through 5 result in only some kind of header-like information being output into the file:
-- MySQL dump 10.13 Distrib 5.5.58, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64)
--
-- Host: mysql.mydomain.com Database: [$db_name or $table_name]
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version 5.7.29-log
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION */;
/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;
/*!40103 SET @OLD_TIME_ZONE=@@TIME_ZONE */;
/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE='+00:00' */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_UNIQUE_CHECKS=@@UNIQUE_CHECKS, UNIQUE_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40014 SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 */;
/*!40101 SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO' */;
/*!40111 SET @OLD_SQL_NOTES=@@SQL_NOTES, SQL_NOTES=0 */;
Reading the Documentation hasn't given me any more insight...
# Answer 1
The error was this:
shell_exec( $cmd.' '.$filename);
has to be changed to
shell_exec( $cmd);
$filename had already been included into $cmd.
Once fixed, all the code works as expected.