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

Copyright © eXolnet. All rights reserved.

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