Bug:
If my forum is set to off, and I or My forum runs the backup script, it is still set to off, but The offline message isn't there and it is just like it's on.

I have installed and it works great clicks install.

One question. If I compress my database during backup, what is the syntax I use to restore the database?

excample: mysql -uusername -p databasename </home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums/backups/databasename.sql.gz

Firstly you need to run gzip to uncompress the archive:

gzip -d /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums/backups/databasename.sql.gz

Then run:

mysql -uusername -ppassword databasename < /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/forums/backups/databasename.sql

ADDITION: When you refresh the forum, you may have to login to the admincp, if you choose to turn them off when the backup was being performed:

goto vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> Turn Your vBulletin On and Off -> Forum Active. Ensure the Yes radio button is selected and click Save (yes even if it was already selected the saving of it will re-enable the forums).

hi i have this error
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ini_get_all() in /var/www/web0/html/forum/includes/mysqlbackup.php on line 1794
any idea?

Thank you for the quick response.

I have one other small problem. If I run the script manually, the backup appears as intended in the backup directory.

It will not run automatically?
There are no logs enteries, the task manager states it is scheduled to run at the specficed time, but beyond that, nothing happens?

Great script BTW.

started happening to me after I upgraded the script.

It may be the FTP dump option.

one problem - this doesn't seem to be pruning old backups for me. i have the # of backups to keep set to 2, but it just keeps adding to the backups that were already there..

<font color="red">I would like to see an option for restoring a database back... this also is a pain unless you have shell access.</font>

great! the exec() worked somehow :)

might I suggest putting the vb version in the filename, and maybe some other date format options

Okay, this ran fine until a couple days ago, now I get this:

Could not fetch database options. Shutting backup down.

Help please?