need script to open the browse window?

[shams]

hi
i want a script for php-mysql to backup the mysql data and restore, how i can write to open a browse window to select the desitanion directory to backup data there?

[barns101]

If you're talking about an HTML link it would be along these lines:

<a href="http://example.com" target="_blank">Link text</a>

[herculese]

Are you trying to make the user save the file rather than displaying it in the browser? If so, add the following line to the beginning of the PHP page that creates the backup:

header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=backup.txt");

You might want to change the filename/extension.

Have a nice day!