Backup Creation Tool
MySQL connection details
Please enter your database details below to create the backup.
MySQL server name:
This is nearly always localhost - so if you don't know, try localhost.
MySQL username:
Fill in the username you need to connect to your MySQL database here.
If you don't know what it is, try the username of your ftp account, most of the time they are the same.
MySQL password:
Here, put the password you need to connect to your MySQL database.
If you don't know this, you should try the password to your ftp account.
MySQL database name:
Fill in the name of the database you want to backup.
Table prefix:
Fill in a prefix to only backup tables that start with this prefix.
Normally, you can leave this blank to get a full backup.
Database backup file
The database backup will be created as a file on your server. Please specify where you want it saved.
Path to backup file:
The default value for this field is a file in this script's directory.
Compress backup:
Compress the backup with gzip.
Please note that this will only compress the backup after it is complete.