phpMyBackupPro

[bcarc]

I'm running PHP7 and a Joomla based site. I'm wanting to automate backups so I've installed the phpMyBackupPro package into folder .../public_html/mbp and followed install document to change permissions and edit definitions.php file. When I execute the config.php script I get the following error:

The MySQL module for PHP seems not to be installed correctly.
You can configure the MySQL module in php.ini. Read the HTTP servers (eg. Apache) log files for more infomation.

The config.php script is looking for the function mysql_connect when it gets the error. Any suggestions what could be wrong?

 

[bdistler]

The config.php script is looking for the function mysql_connect when it gets the error. Any suggestions what could be wrong?

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MYSQL is deprecated from 5.5 and its fully removed in PHP 7
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[bcarc]

What a bummer! Are there any other methods that can be automated to backup a free site? I want to take a dump of the database and also zip up all files to be downloaded or emailed offline.