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backing up the database - El Forum - 10-10-2012 [eluser]brian88[/eluser] I got this example from the CI userguide http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/database/utilities.html Doing it how they do. but when i open up my sql file is has a bunch of gibberish inside it. like this... _˝ªø˘˘ßøˇÂfl˝√_ˇÚ˛ÓÁü˛√˛.... controller Code: function backupdb(){ backing up the database - El Forum - 10-11-2012 [eluser]brian88[/eluser] anyone? backing up the database - El Forum - 10-11-2012 [eluser]xerobytez[/eluser] By default the backup is gzip encoded. You need to change the format to txt. Look towards the bottom of the database utility page listed above for more info. |