Administrative and Maintenance Tools - vB Database Backup (Lite)

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

Note: I did not write the original version, but rather have modified & adapted it.

When vb 3.5 first came out I was using this backup system on my vb 3.0 - and having nothing better to use - I converted it to work on vb 3.5 (here) and since then I have cut it down and adapted it, first for vb 3.6, 3.7 and now for vb3.8.

The original version was by Trigunflame and the rights to the code were bought by Zoints (David Chapman) in January 2007. Later in 2007 David gave me permission to release my adaptation.

I have stripped out much of the extra stuff that I do not use (or indeed, could not get to work). This is a simple (Lite) version that does a php based dump of your database either as one file, or one file per table.

As of version 3.8.002, most of the options have moved to the ACP in vBulletin Options >> vBulletin Automatic Backup

Notes:
* I will not be adding anything new to this modification.
* This is a Lite version to allow people to use the basic backup functionality on 3.8.


History:

v3.8.001 : First version for vB 3.8.
v3.8.002 : Moved most of options to ACP.
v3.8.003 : Moved more options to ACP.
v3.8.004 : Gzip option backported from vb4 version.
v3.8.005 : Split option backported from vb4 version, close option removed.
v3.8.006 : Fix php 5.3 deprecated warning.

[ChopSuey]

Well i can't get it to work, set path to ././backups it fails after.

[MagicThemeParks]

Just changed servers and the file path has to be changed. Where do I make the adjustment for that?

[ChopSuey]

Should be in your vBulletin options..

[MagicThemeParks]

I must be looking in the wrong place. Where in the vBulletin options should I look?

[need2fart]

Originally Posted by Paul M

That certainly looks like it failed, and timeout is the most likely reason.

Dear Paul M, do you know how I can fix the timeout error?

[Log on]

thank u

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by need2fart

Dear Paul M, do you know how I can fix the timeout error?

Speak to your host, I cant help with individual server set-ups im afraid.

[need2fart]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Speak to your host, I cant help with individual server set-ups im afraid.

Wow thank you Paul M! I talked to them and they assisted me to use cpanel cron jobs haha, now no more timeout errors! They said it timed out because of the 30second limit in PHP. Now with cron job though cpanel, no more timeouts!

Thank you for all the help and advice,
and the lovely product,

- Kyle

[Cybershaolin]

I now also have timeouts problem with only 203 tables. It's strange because it worked before but not anymore? It just started recently to give me problems without completing the backup fully, missing the last tables in the database. What exactly do I have to look into my php.ini values in order to find out about the timeout value? What is a good value for timeout? Is there a setting we can adjust in the hack files about timeouts?

[Paul M]

The modification sets the timeout to 3600 (ie 1 hour). However, I believe this may be overridden by any "max_execution_time" setting in your php.ini file. The modification will most likely also timeout in safe mode.