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alright, i got that error done with. now there is another error, it gzips the data and saves it to a directory name backups. I open the file and it is 0 bytes. but in the script i echo filesize(filename) and it returns 811632. Why is this happening? NVM solved

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I can echo $backup after here $backup = "#\n"; $backup .= "# Automatic phpBB Backup Script\n"; $backup .= "#\n"; $backup .= "# Dump of tables for $dbname\n"; $backup .= "#\n# DATE : " . gmdate("d-m-Y H:i:s", $time) . " GMT\n"; $backup .= "#\n"; $backup .= "\n"; but not after here

i have a automatic backup script for phpBB this dude who has my script is getting blank backups, i got access to the script on his server and saw that i can echo the data but not put it into variables, u know what might cause this? ive been working with it for like 3 hours, i am out of ideas and anything after defining the variable in the script it cut off and there are no syntax or fatal errors could this be with mod interference? the same exact code works on a fresh install of phpBB on the same server here is where the script screws up: // // Build the sql script file... // $backup = "#\n"; $backup .= "# Automatic phpBB Backup Script\n"; $backup .= "#\n"; $backup .= "# Dump of tables for $dbname\n"; $backup .= "#\n# DATE : " . gmdate("d-m-Y H:i:s", $time) . " GMT\n"; $backup .= "#\n"; $backup .= "\n"; for($i = 0; $i < count($tables); $i++) { $table_name = $tables[$i]; switch (SQL_LAYER) { case 'postgresql': $table_def_function = "get_table_def_postgresql"; $table_content_function = "get_table_content_postgresql"; break; case 'mysql': case 'mysql4': $table_def_function = "get_table_def_mysql"; $table_content_function = "get_table_content_mysql"; break; } if ( !empty($table_name) ) { if($backup_type != 'data') { $backup .= "#\n# TABLE: " . $table_name . "\n#\n"; $backup .= $table_def_function($table_name, "\n") . "\n"; } if($backup_type != 'structure') { $backup .= $table_content_function($table_name, "output_table_content"); } } } if i change the part were it defines $backup it to