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Create Backup of folders and database
<?php
// create folder
$backupfile = 'dest_folder_name/file_name_' . date("Y-m-d") . '.tar.gz';
system("tar -czf $backupfile src_folder");
// database backup
$dbhost = "localhost"; // usually localhost
$dbuser = "user_name";
$dbpass = "password";
$dbname = "database_name";
$backupfile2 = 'dest_name/'.$dbname . date("Y-m-d") . '.sql';
system("mysqldump -h $dbhost -u $dbuser -p$dbpass $dbname > $backupfile2");
echo "done";
?>
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