diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8d1dd06..0d00ef52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
/assets/js/**/*.min.js
/assets/css/**/*.min.css
/config.php
+/storage/backups/*
+!/storage/backups/.htaccess
+!/storage/backups/index.html
/storage/cache/*
!/storage/cache/.htaccess
!/storage/cache/index.html
diff --git a/application/controllers/Console.php b/application/controllers/Console.php
index 03fb5835..a21851db 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Console.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Console.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Console extends EA_Controller {
parent::__construct();
+ $this->load->helper('file');
+ $this->load->dbutil();
$this->load->library('migration');
$this->load->model('admins_model');
$this->load->model('customers_model');
@@ -156,6 +158,40 @@ class Console extends EA_Controller {
$this->output->set_output(PHP_EOL . '⇾ Installation completed, login with "administrator" / "administrator".' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL);
}
+ /**
+ * Create a backup file.
+ *
+ * Use this method to backup your Easy!Appointments data.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *
+ * php index.php console backup
+ *
+ * php index.php console backup /path/to/backup/folder
+ *
+ * @throws Exception
+ */
+ public function backup()
+ {
+ $path = isset($GLOBALS['argv'][3]) ? $GLOBALS['argv'][3] : APPPATH . '/../storage/backups';
+
+ if ( ! file_exists($path))
+ {
+ throw new Exception('The backup path does not exist™: ' . $path);
+ }
+
+ if ( ! is_writable($path))
+ {
+ throw new Exception('The backup path is not writable: ' . $path);
+ }
+
+ $contents = $this->dbutil->backup();
+
+ $filename = 'easyappointments-backup-' . date('Y-m-d-His') . '.gz';
+
+ write_file(rtrim($path, '/') . '/' . $filename, $contents);
+ }
+
/**
* Trigger the synchronization of all provider calendars with Google Calendar.
*
diff --git a/storage/backups/.htaccess b/storage/backups/.htaccess
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3418e55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/backups/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+deny from all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/storage/backups/index.html b/storage/backups/index.html
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c942a79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/backups/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+
+ 403 Forbidden
+
+
+
+Directory access is forbidden.
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file