Export backup database in gzip file format

[eluser]Rowan Wilson[/eluser]
Depends how big your tables are, how many backups you plan to store and also if you plan to download the backups.

It comes down to what you need and what your server can accomodate: smaller file sizes or extra CPU cycles to create the zipped file.

FYI: Your code works for me just by setting the format to gzip and without setting:

Code:

$config['compress_output'] = TRUE;