Entry Log – Early Impressions After First phpMyBackupPro Deployment

Date: March 23, 2006

Today I completed my first real-world deployment of phpMyBackupPro on a shared hosting environment. The installation was refreshingly simple — upload, configure permissions, edit config.php, and go. Within 20 minutes I had my first SQL dump.

What Worked Well

• Backup generation is fast and well-formatted
• Downloadable ZIP option is a nice touch
• Authentication via HTML login is lightweight yet functional

Points for Improvement

• The user interface is minimal — some icons or clearer grouping would help
• No warning when backup folder is world-writable
• No real error handling when a database doesn’t exist

Backup Verification

I restored the generated SQL on a test database and it worked perfectly. All tables and data were intact. Compression reduced the file size from 3.2MB to under 900KB (ZIP).

Closing Note

For a lightweight PHP tool with no external dependencies, this is impressive. Will monitor for security patches, and consider cron integration next.