babytarantula

Thanks for your answer. I think i did not use the right words. To make it clearer let's say i am closing my dating website and want to stop my online host subscription so instead of erasing all my 3000 members data ,i would like to transfer all that data on a laptop. The hard part is that i would still want to be able to access my front end panel to access my data. For example i had an online search engine that was able to find all members aged 18 to 25 and i would like to still be able to use that front end panel but by recreating the php/mySQL database on an offline laptop. Could you give me some hints on how i could manage to do that? I know i need to ask a developer and that's why i come here before so i can find the proper developper based on your answers Sorry of i look like a beginner and thanks for your help.

I saw some other forum answers telling people to use softwares like wampserver or xampp that are normally used to debug but i guess that would be a good way to install my online database on an offline machine? What do you think? It might not be logical but i think it will cost me less to find a way to download my database to an offline computer than to pay for a bigger hosting solution.

Hi Guys, I was not sure where to post this question. I am currently using a database for a dating website involving data on members and also about 10 pictures by member. So a programmer created me a database that i access via internet. Currently the database have around 3000 members so my current hosting provider is telling me i have too much files in my account and should erase some of it. I don't want to erase old accounts and was thinking if there was any way i could transfer some data (accounts older than 2 years) and put in on my laptop and use it offline. So my questions is simple. Is there a way to take a website php mysql database and copy everything in it on an offline computer so i can free some space? I know i can simply copy all ftp files to my computer but i would like to still use the functions on the database like search engine, erasing members etc etc... Thanks for your help