I have a question about the backup path in the mysqlbackupconfig.php-file, I could not find the anwser in previous posts:
I currently use this code and it works just fine.
The DIR point to "www.domain.org/forum/" and my backups works just fine.

However, I would like to backup to a folder outside the forum-folder. But I have not managed to get the syntax right. Naturally, I created the folder 'backup' on the server before editing the config-file.
I get the following error messgae : I have tried several alternatives (see below) but none has worked.

Is it at all possible to make the script to write the backup outside the forum-folder, and if yes,

Use '../' to move 'up' a level.

e.g.

or

Thanks for quick help! Worked just perfect! :up:

Got this error when trying to run the backup:

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: mysqlbackup in /home/.../public_html/forum/includes/cron/cronbackup.php on line 19

Have you uploaded all the files, to the correct place ?

Yes

mysqlbackup.php
mysqlbackupconfig.php

in forum/includes

cronbackup.php

in forum/inlcudes/cron

Then I have no idea - the class is clearly defined in mysqlbackup.php

Have you edited any of the files ?

So This Auto backup ur forums???

can u give me some more details like where it saves and other stuf plz

the whole thread (5 pages) is about this stuff.

you might want to read before you ask...


PS still have not got it working. figured out that the error message returns an array of possible write locations, separated by colons. Whatever I put into the 'dump to' path, the paths shown in the error message remain the same.
the array is as follows.

I don't really think these dirs are hardcoded into the php configuration, so somewhere between php input and file output, things just go wrong...

[edit]weird thing is that the adminCP backup function works like a charm. file gets written to the root nicely (mind you, the root is in the array above! perhaps it would work if the cronbackup would try to save the files to my document root?)[/edit]

open_basdir is a php setting that restricts what folders you webserver can write to - you need to speak to your host about that.