[RESOLVED] mysqldump issues

[sois]

Hi all, my mysqldump command keeps returning an empty file. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? Here is my code:

$command = "mysqldump -u $dbuser -p $dbpass $dbname > $backupFile";
system($command);

[BillKat]

Remove spaces after -u and -p, or the command prompts for user input:

$command = "mysqldump -u$dbuser -p$dbpass $dbname > $backupFile";
system($command);

Helps if can run SSH on your hosting, to test commands at the prompt and watch for probs.

[sois]

Thank you so much BillKat!!

That worked perfectly. I can't believe something that simple made so much of a difference. I looked all over for parameter information and nothing mentioned the spaces.

I don't know what SSH is, but I will look into it.