Chapter 6. Exporting Structure and Data (Backup)

Keeping good backups is crucial to a project. Backups consist of up-to-date backups and intermediary snapshots taken during development and production phases. The export feature of phpMyAdmin can generate backups, and can also be used to send data to other applications.

Note

Please note that phpMyAdmin's export feature produces backups on demand and it is highly recommended to implement an automatic and scripted backup solution which takes backups on a regular schedule. The precise way to implement such a solution depends on the server's OS.