Damien Saunders

Did you get this working? You can use my free plugin to see if that helps you?

Hi there

thanks for taking the time to post this – the error is because this newer version of the plugin expected you’re web server to be running at least PHP 5.3. PHP 5.3 uses the newer mysqli connector by default.

There’s a new fix coming today which address this and continues to use the old mysql connector for anyone using old versions of PHP (ie less than 5.3).

Note the current stable PHP version is 5.5.11 – so please start getting your server updated.

Thanks

D

Hi … This is because your PHP version doesnt have mysqli connector enabled by default which happens if your PHP version is less than 5.3

The PHP mysql connector is deprecated since v5.5 and the minimum for WordPress is currently 5.2.4

The new plugin version will check if you’re using an older PHP version and warn you – but it will now use the old mysql_connector ??

fixed this in the latest version of the plugin

Hi Chris

There are a couple of things that it could be

Can you give me a bit more info —

do you have a massively large website database?

was an older version of DBC Backup 2 working

finally .. what version of mysql and php are running on your webserver? If you have a really old version of PHP or MySQL then you’ll need an older version of this plugin.

Cheers

Damien

Hi Daniel

Hope you have installed the latest version of DBC Backup 2

Cheers

Damien

Hi Knut

a new version of the plugin will be pushed out tomorrow which fixes it.

However, plugin settings are still accessible from the Tools menu

Cheers

Damien

Hi Lrrr

Thanks for raising the issue — coincidentally, I had just fixed this and am testing my backups currently.

V2.3 of DBC Backup 2 is in final testing ??

Thanks

Damien

Hi Brian

Apologies — been a busy couple of weeks

Just tried to use the option Cache > Object Cache and get this error

[28-Feb-2013 23:03:48] PHP Fatal error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array in /Volumes/Proust/Sites/dev/wp-content/plugins/debug-this/debug-this.php on line 183

Also get the same problem with widgets, menus,

But a few others are working like taxonomies, dropins

Hope that helps?

Damien

Hi Barbara

I’d guess that you also have wp_db_backup plugin also installed … as well as mine.

wp_db_backup_cron is not my wp-cron job

Could they both be running at the same time?

Thanks

Damien

Hi and thanks for getting in contact …

Sorry to hear that you’re having problems with WP-Cron (which is not the same as Cron). Typically what happens is people schedule a backup for a ‘quiet’ time like 7am and the wp-cron job doesn’t happen. This is because WP-Cron needs to be triggered (by someone visiting your website for instance).

WP Cron doesn’t work the same as normal Cron — and WP Cron is what all WordPress plugins, etc use — so you won’t find it listed on your servers cron jobs.

Have a read of this … https://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/insights-into-wp-cron-an-introduction-to-scheduling-tasks-in-wordpress/ and try scheduling your automatic backup for a time when you know you have some traffic to your site.

Also … you might like to try this plugin https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wp-crontrol/

hope that helps?

Damien

The main function of the plugin is the backup.

If your website is not functioning — then there is no point of a restore function as that wouldnt be accessible either ??

hope that helps

Damien

Hi Tomdkat

— in answer to your question — if your website was down, how would you restore it?

With the backup of your WordPress database that you create with DBC Backup 2 you can restore your site using PHPMyAdmin, SQLYog, Sequel Pro or any other MySQL tool.

A key feature of DBC Backup 2 is that the backup is stored on your webserver – so if something goes wrong with the site, you can easily restore from a recent backup. As most Internet Web Hosts backup their servers, this means your WordPress DBC Backup file is backed up too!

Hope that helps

Damien

@grannyberry … Sorry to hear this …

First, where did you download DBC Backup 2 plugin from please? If it wasn’t on www.ads-software.com then I am very concerned

As DBC Backup 2 just creates a backup of your SQL database to your webserver – no userID, passwords or anything personal to you is stored by this plugin.

At first glance, it would seem that someone hacked into your site and saved the code into my plugin directory – just to hide it there from you.

I’d very happy to look at this further … can you contact me directly via my website wordpress.damien.co

Thanks

Damien

Thanks for letting me know … so it was nothing to do with the DBC Backup 2 plugin.

As a piece of advice, as you seem new to WordPress … you should follow the cardinal rule … which is never change WordPress core files because the next time WordPress runs a core update you may find that your changes in core files are deleted.

Good Luck ??

Damien