Backup MySQL Plug-in - install problem

[Ajeh]

/admin/backups/ should have been created when you installed Zen Cart and it should contain an index.php file ...

<?php
//
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//  $Id: index.php 1111 2005-04-05 01:51:19Z drbyte $
//

// send to domain root
    session_write_close();
    header('Location: ' . 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
    exit();
?>

The permissions on the /backups should be 777 ...

[pixelwrangler]

Thanks for the code. I added the folder and the index.php file, but there has been no change AFAIK.

[dsided]

Thanks - I've uploaded the files again however when I click on Tools -> Database Backup all I see is as follows (no backup button):

Database Backup Manager - MySQL
Title Date Size Action Backup

Directory: /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/iamhappie.com/httpdocs/admin/backups/
RESTORE BUTTON

Any thing else I could try? DrByte? There are a few others who have had the same problem without a resolution. Thanks as ever!

[DrByte]

An /admin/backups/ folder is required. If the folder is not found to be writable, the backup button will not show.

[dsided]

That's really strange as I have a admin/backup folder which is 777. Could it be anything else?

[DrByte]

Could also happen if the server has the PHP configured to disallow the use of the exec() function. Normally a message would appear on the admin screen saying that's the case though.

[pixelwrangler]

I just uploaded the files again, and made sure that I have the admin/backups folder. Still no entry for this feature in the Tools menu.

Ideas?

[Ajeh]

Just to be clear ...

You have your /admin directory renamed, for example, /fred

and you are loading these files based on:
/fred

and not /admin so you see:
/fred/backups (permissions set to 777)
/fred/backup_mysql.php
/fred/includes/boxes/extra_boxes/backup_mysql_tools_dhtml.php
/fred/includes/extra_datafiles/backup_mysql.php
/fred/includes/languages/english/backup_mysql.php

correct?

[dsided]

Thanks DrByte - I asked my hosts and they confirmed that the exec() function is disallowed. Apparently I can use PHPCGI to allow this.

[pixelwrangler]

Just to let you know and to thank you for your help: I successfully untangled my installation, fixed the corrupted folders, and I'm back in business! Got to love CSS for keeping the customization all within the custom template structures.

Backup now working properly.