README

Expend laravel-backup by adding a simple command to backup a database. No configuration required!

Installation

Require this package with composer:

composer require exolnet/laravel-backup-database

If you don't use package auto-discovery, add the service provider to the providers array in config/app.php:

Exolnet\Backup\BackupServiceProvider::class

Usage

Usage:
  backup:database [options] [--] [<filename>]

Arguments:
  filename                       Custom filename to use instead of the generated one

Options:
      --connection[=CONNECTION]  Connection to use instead of the default one
      --path[=PATH]              Path where to dump the database instead of the current directory
  -h, --help                     Display this help message
  -q, --quiet                    Do not output any message
  -V, --version                  Display this application version
      --ansi                     Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi                  Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction           Do not ask any interactive question
      --env[=ENV]                The environment the command should run under
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose           Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Help:
  Backup (dump) the database.

Examples

To dump the default database, run:

php artisan backup:database

To dump the default database with a custom filename, run:

php artisan backup:database my_filename.sql.gz

To dump the default database to a custom path, run:

php artisan backup:database --path=/path/to/the/backup/directory

To dump an other database, run:

php artisan backup:database --connection=sqlite

Testing

To run the phpUnit tests, please use:

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CODE OF CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email security@exolnet.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Patricia Gagnon-Renaud
• Alexandre D'Eschambeault
• Simon Gaudreau
• All Contributors

License

This code is licensed under the MIT license. Please see the license file for more information.