----- Original Message -----
From: "Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.)" <sandortamas@...>
To: <php-general@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:35 AM
Subject: [PHP] Firebird Backup


> Hi,
>
> I don't know if it's Firebird or PHP question.
>
> I want to use remote administration on one of my pages, at least do a
> backup for a Firebird database. Because the database file is located on a
> different intranet machine, I have to use service manager to do backup.
> So I tried:
>
> $svc_mgr = ibase_service_attach(FBSERVER, FBUSER, FBPASS);
> if ($svc_mgr)
> {
> $bkp = ibase_backup($svc_mgr, $source_db, $dest_file,
> IBASE_BKP_NO_GARBAGE_COLLECT, true);
> }
>
> ibase_service_detach($svc_mgr);
>
>
> The bad thing: if I include "server:" in $source_db string, it gives me an
> "unkown ISC 0 error".
> When I simply put the database alias in $source_db, it freezes the whole
> apache, but at least it starts the backup...
> Then, when I turn off verbose, it does nothing at all, but gives back a
> "true" value.
>
> So I think the closest solution is the second one, but does anybody have
> any idea why it shuts down apache? And what can I do to prevent this?
>
> I use Firebird 2.1, PHP 5.2.8 and Apache 2.2.3 on WinXP (as a development
> environment)
>
> Thanks,
> SanTa
>
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