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1. kwbridge
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   How long should the backup take? I started the backup 2 hours ago and there still isn't anything in dropbox.

   Thanks!

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/

2. Michael De Wildt
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   That really depends on the size of your installation.

   My backup is around 5 megabytes and takes about 1-2 minutes to appear in my Dropbox.

   There are known issues with the plugin for large WordPress installations ( > 100mb) that I am slowly getting to the bottom of.

   Cheers,
   Michael

3. Gabriel Reguly
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hi, thanks for the wonderful plugin.

   May I suggest a small change for it:

   public function backup_now() {
   //		wp_schedule_single_event( time(), 'execute_periodic_drobox_backup', array( time() ) );
   		execute_drobox_backup();
   }

   Either set a time for the single event, or better IMHO, just do the backup.

4. Michael De Wildt
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Gday Gabriel,

   I opted for the background cron so users can continue using WordPress while the backup is in process.

   Cheers,
   Mikey

5. Gabriel Reguly
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hi Mikey,

   Ok, sounds reasonable.

   On the other hand, would rather like to see the backup process in execution when doing 'Backup now'.

   One problem I had is that my hosting provider has not enabled gzip, so I had to change another part of the code, just before line 368 at file class-wp-backup.php

   From
   

   $zip = new ZipArchive();
           if ( $zip->open( $destination, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE ) === true ) {
               $db_file = $this->backup_database();
               $ws_file = $this->backup_website();
   
               $db_success = $zip->addFromString( basename( $db_file ), file_get_contents( $db_file ) );
               $ws_success = $zip->addFromString( basename( $ws_file ), file_get_contents( $ws_file ) );
               $success = $zip->close();
               if ( $db_success && $ws_success && $success ) {
                   //Delete the old files as they are now in the archive
                   unlink( $db_file );
                   unlink( $ws_file );
               }
           }

   to
   

   if ( extension_loaded( 'zip' ) !== true ) {
   			$db_success = false;
   			$this->set_history( WP_Backup::BACKUP_STATUS_ERROR, __( 'missing PHP

   s zip extension.' ) );
   } else {
   $zip = new ZipArchive();
   if ( $zip->open( $destination, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE ) === true ) {
   $db_file = $this->backup_database();
   $ws_file = $this->backup_website();

   $db_success = $zip->addFromString( basename( $db_file ), file_get_contents( $db_file ) );
   $ws_success = $zip->addFromString( basename( $ws_file ), file_get_contents( $ws_file ) );
   $success = $zip->close();
   if ( $db_success && $ws_success && $success ) {
   //Delete the old files as they are now in the archive
   unlink( $db_file );
   unlink( $ws_file );
   }
   }
   }
   `

   Again, thanks for the wonderful plugin.

   Regards,
   Gabriel

6. Gabriel Reguly
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Oh dear, the code tag broke.

   Here we go again:

   if ( extension_loaded( 'zip' ) !== true ) {
   			$db_success = false;
   			$this->set_history( WP_Backup::BACKUP_STATUS_ERROR, __( 'missing PHPs zip extension.' ) );
   		} else {
   			$zip = new ZipArchive();
   			if ( $zip->open( $destination, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE ) === true ) {
   				$db_file = $this->backup_database();
   				$ws_file = $this->backup_website();
   
   				$db_success = $zip->addFromString( basename( $db_file ), file_get_contents( $db_file ) );
   				$ws_success = $zip->addFromString( basename( $ws_file ), file_get_contents( $ws_file ) );
   				$success = $zip->close();
   				if ( $db_success && $ws_success && $success ) {
   					//Delete the old files as they are now in the archive
   					unlink( $db_file );
   					unlink( $ws_file );
   				}
   			}
   		}

   Gabriel

7. Michael De Wildt
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Gday Gabriel,

   Thanks for that!

   I have decided to remove zipping all together in favor of a smarter way of doing the backup.

   This has been done for various reasons that you can read about here - http://www.mikeyd.com.au/2011/05/26/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-0-8/

   Cheers,
   Mikey

8. Gabriel Reguly
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thanks for the update Mikey,

   I'll be trying the new beta version.

   Cheers,
   Gabriel

9. Gabriel Reguly
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi,

   I use the plugin within a multi site installation, and it is doing a backup of all files, even some that are not WordPress related.

   Not sure if it is a bug or a feature ;-)

   Cheers,
   Gabriel

10. Michael De Wildt
    Member
    Plugin Author
    Posted 1 year ago #
    

    Gday Gabriel,

    Id say its a bit of both. It recursively backs up all files where WordPress is installed.

    I plan to add multi site support and the ability to exclude certain directories in the next release.

    Cheers,
    Mikey

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