[Contribution] Website Backup - Create zipped copy of all site files

[spooks]

FTP / Website Backup Comparison

 

Someone commented that it was better to use FTP rather than an add-on for a site backup as people already have FTP so don't need to install anything extra, so this morning I picked a random site and tried both methods, for fairness I had no folders in the excluded list for the test.

 

FTP: It started fine but after 5 minutes the connection reset but download continued, but at 6 minutes 45 after another reset, the process baulked and stopped so not a backup you could rely on as its definitely incomplete. This is fairly common scenario I find when trying to FTP large numbers of files, you need to do it in batches to be sure. :'(

 

Website Backup: (File Mode) The process took 52 seconds including the download, all files were present in the archive. :thumbsup:

 

I suspect most could install this quicker than they could use FTP to backup just once. :D

[kenkja]

Hi Sam

 

I'm thinking of adding this contribution and just wondered if I need to do anything with the menu.js files which is in the resources folder.

 

Its not mentioned in the installation procedure, so I presume not but have lost a bit of my confidence in upgrading the site, so just thought I'd ask first

 

ken

[knifeman]

@@modem2.0

 

 

 

 

 

backup_website.php line 87, replace:

 

elseif (@@IS_dir($file)) if ($zip->addEmptyDir($file) === false) $wok = false;

 

with:

 

elseif (@@IS_dir($file)) if ($zip->addEmptyDir($name) === false) $wok = false;

 

 

Your just changing $file to $name in the code.

 

 

 

 

I still get files with 0 bytes named after folders in memory mode.

File mode works fine.

 

Tim

[imagixx]

Hi Sam,

 

Getting about 200+ these errors:

 

Warning: strpos() [function.strpos]: Empty delimiter in /path_to_admin/includes/functions/backup_site_functions.php on line 28

 

before your report:

Website size: 193.3 MB Estimated compressed file size: 131.44 MB Containing 291 folders with 12450 Files.

 

Thanx.

 

Martin

Edited July 30, 2012 by Jan Zonjee

[imagixx]

Hi Sam,

 

Getting about 200+ these errors:

 

Warning: strpos() [function.strpo: Empty delimiter in /path_to_admin/includes/functions/backup_site_functions.php on line 28

 

before your report:

Website size: 193.3 MB Estimated compressed file size: 131.44 MB Containing 291 folders with 12450 Files.

 

Thanx.

 

Martin

 

I just added @ in

 

foreach ($exclude as $remove) if (@strpos($dir_name.'/'.$file.'/', $remove) === 0 ) continue 2;

 

which stopped the error. Donlt know if I merely cut the oil pressure light, leaving the unmderlying problem.

 

Thanx.

 

Martin

Edited July 30, 2012 by Jan Zonjee

[todguy]

Just tried to install this but received an error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting '(' in /var/www/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/admin/backup_website.php on line 67

 

 

The code on that line is:

 

 

$zip->open(DIR_FS_BACKUP . $filename . $filedate, ZipArchive::CREATE);

[♥bruyndoncx]

funny, I just spent the evening creating a backup script in php to do just this, and then I see this exists ...

 

but I do get timeout on the full site and decided to create a separate zip for each subdirectory

how does this contribution handle big sites that timeout under php (setting is already at 300 seconds) ?

[gasan]

I have installed in oscommerce 2.3.3.4 and when I want to back up, I get the following:

 

1146 - Table 'magiasdelsur2.TABLE_ORDERS_PRODUCTS' doesn't exist

 

select products_id, products_quantity, products_stock_attributes from TABLE_ORDERS_PRODUCTS where orders_id = '0'

 

[TEP STOP]

 

and I can't continue.

 

How can I sove this issue?

[ce7]

@spooks

Hi, thank you for the addon.

I had installed this addon on 2.3.1 and now upgraded to 234.1 Edge, try to install this again to match the old version.

at the /admin/backup_website.php

tep_draw_form('save_files', FILENAME_STORE_BACKUP, 'action=savenow',

have change FILENAME_STORE_BACKUP to 'store_backup.php' for the button action, but there is no such file with the attached, did i misunderstood and make wrong somewhere?

 

Thank you!  Lyn

[spooks]

Use 'backup_website.php' or basename($PHP_SELF)

Edited August 2, 2018 by spooks

[trier]

@spooks: it’s been a while, welcome back. You, your help, your contributions, have all been missed.