This module provides database export functionality with help from a php version of mysqldump. The library (https://github.com/ifsnop/mysqldump-php) supports the following features.

• output binary blobs as hex.
• resolves view dependencies (using Stand-In tables).
• output compared against original mysqldump. Linked to travis-ci testing system.
• dumps stored procedures.
• does extended-insert and/or complete-insert.

This module depends upon Composer Manager to install the mysqldump-php library; please follow the installation section below.

Installation (@ref, http://cgit.drupalcode.org/address/tree/README.md)

1. cd / navigate to the Drupal root directory

2. add the Drupal Packagist repository composer config repositories.drupal composer https://packages.drupal.org/8

3. use composer to download the module and it's dependencies composer require drupal/backup_db

4. enable the Backup Database module.

Manual usage

1. $client = \Drupal::service('backup_db.client');
2. Do client things (update settings, set new connection) $client->setConnection();
3. Select our adapter/handler.
4. Do the magic $handler->export();

More information

• https://www.drupal.org/node/2405811

Credits

• ifsnop (https://github.com/ifsnop)