How do I make a backup of my config.php file?

How do I make a backup of my config.php file?

 

[Subbynet]

Copy + Paste...

But copy it somewhere safe !

 

Copy + Paste...

But copy it somewhere safe !

Really is that it lol, I thought it would be more complicated.

 

[a1isp]

It's as easy as that, it's just a text file. Same as your Apache config, if you ever need to fiddle with that.

 

Thanks everyone

 

[cmcp]

A wee hint make sure you keep track of dates if you have multiple copies!

 

[FireFleur]

Databases aren't too much more complex than a simple copy, but you do have to ensure no commits are pending, so there are normally taken off line whilst a copy occurs.

The Unix world generally uses files for configuration, and whilst that means that configuration file syntax often differs it also means there isn't one point of failure, and it is much simpler to work with then having some like a registry which is really just a database.

Nearly everything in most modern computer systems is a file at base, in Unix devices are files so you can write to a device file as you would a normal file and it can control the device, read from the device file as you would a normal file and the device can report its status, it is quite a powerful concept and keeps the libraries honed.