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Asked: 2026-06-12T14:49:41+00:00

I have written a script to do regular exports of my database : #!/bin/bash

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I have written a script to do regular exports of my database :

#!/bin/bash

current_date=`date '+%F-%H-%M-%S'`

cd /home/user/Documents/backup
mysqldump -umyusername -pmypassword mydb > db-backup-$current_date.sql
tar czvf db-backup-$current_date.tgz db-backup-$current_date.sql
rm db-backup-$current_date.sql

but I would like to export it with the following options available with phpMyAdmin :

  • Enclose export in a transaction
  • Disable foreign key checks
  • Add DROP TABLE / VIEW / PROCEDURE / FUNCTION / EVENT statement

How I can do that ?

EDIT

I can add the following lines at the beginning of mydatabase.sql file ?

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;
SET AUTOCOMMIT=0;
START TRANSACTION;

If it is right to do that, so I guess my problem is how to insert lines in a given position ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yo can probably do most of it through mysqldump itself:

    mysqldump \
--user=LOGIN \
--password=PASSWORD \
--single-transaction \
--events \
--triggers \
--routines \
--disable-keys \
--create-options \
database  > dumpfile.sql

    The --create-options should issue the drop command too.

    Have a look at mysqldump --help for a list of all possible options

    An alternative is to look in the PHP for phpMyAdmin and see what options it uses

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