How can the functionality of phpMyAdmin be replicated using PHP scripts for database export purposes?

To replicate the functionality of phpMyAdmin for database export purposes using PHP scripts, we can utilize the mysqldump command-line tool to export the database structure and data. We can then use PHP to execute this command and save the output to a file for download. 

<?php
// Set database credentials
$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'username';
$pass = 'password';
$db = 'database_name';

// Set the path for saving the exported database file
$outputFile = 'exported_database.sql';

// Execute mysqldump command to export the database
exec("mysqldump --host={$host} --user={$user} --password={$pass} {$db} > {$outputFile}");

// Force download the exported database file
header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . basename($outputFile) . '"');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($outputFile));
readfile($outputFile);

// Delete the exported database file after download
unlink($outputFile);
?>

Keywords

phpMyAdmin PHP scripts database export functionality replication MySQL database

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