Quick & Simple MySQL database backups using PHP & Gmail

generate-backups.php

<?php
/* Database Backup to email by Xavi Esteve */
// ======================================
// ======== MODIFY SETTINGS HERE ======== 
// ======================================
$config = [
    
    // MySQL
    'db_host' => 'localhost',
    'db_user' => null, // default, used if nothing declared in 'databases'
    'db_pass' => null, // default, used if nothing declared in 'databases'
    'db_name' => null, // default, used if nothing declared in 'databases'
    
    // SMTP
    'smtp_server' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
    'smtp_port' => 587,
    'smtp_user' => 'example@gmail.com',
    'smtp_pass' => 'password',
    
    // Email
    'from_name' => 'Name',
    'from_address' => 'example@gmail.com',
    'to_name' => 'Name',
    'to_address' => 'example@gmail.com',

    // Server
    'temp_path' => './', // path to store (temporarily) the backups, must be writable, leave at './' to use current directory
    'swiftmailer_path' => './vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/swift_required.php',
    
    // Databases
    'databases' => [
        [
            'db_name' => 'database1',
            'db_user' => 'user1',
            'db_pass' => 'password1',
        ],
        // [
        //     'db_name' => 'database2',
        //     'db_user' => 'user2',
        //     'db_pass' => 'password2',
        // ],
        // ...
    ],
];
// ======================================
// =========    STOP EDITING    ========= 
// ======================================


require $config['swiftmailer_path'];

class DatabaseBackup{
    public $config = [];

    public function __construct($config){
        $this->config = $config;
        echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s').' Database Backup started'.PHP_EOL;
    }


    public function backup($configs = []){
        $transport = (new Swift_SmtpTransport($this->config['smtp_server'], $this->config['smtp_port']) )
            ->setUsername($this->config['smtp_user'])
            ->setPassword($this->config['smtp_pass']);

        // TODO: (password-protected ZIP): $this->pass = hash('sha256', date('Ymd').$this->salt );

        $subject = date('Y-m-d H:i:s')." - Database Backup";
        $body_txt = 'Hello,
		Please find the backups for your database/s as of '.date('l jS \of F Y \a\t H:i:s').PHP_EOL;
        $body_html = '<p>Hello,</p>
		<p>Please find the backups for your database/s as of '.date('l jS \of F Y \a\t H:i:s').'</p>';

        $message = $message = (new Swift_Message($subject) )
            ->setFrom([ $this->config['from_address'] => $this->config['from_name'] ])
            ->setTo([ $this->config['to_address'] => $this->config['to_name'] ])
            ->setBody($body_txt)
            ->addPart($body_html, 'text/html');


        foreach ($configs as &$config) {
            $config = array_merge($this->config, $config);

            echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s').' Backing up '.$config['db_name'].'…'.PHP_EOL;

            $config['backupfile'] = $config['temp_path'].date("Ymd\THis") . '-' . $config['db_name'] . '.sql';
            $config['backupzip'] = $config['temp_path'].$config['backupfile'] . '.tar.gz';

            system("mysqldump -h ".$config['db_host']." -u ".$config['db_user']." -p".$config['db_pass']." ".$config['db_name']." > ".$config['backupfile']."");
            system("tar -czvf ".$config['backupzip']." ".$config['backupfile']."");

            $message->attach(Swift_Attachment::fromPath($config['backupzip']));
        }


        $mailer = new Swift_Mailer($transport);
        $result = $mailer->send($message);

        // Delete files from server
        foreach ($configs as &$config) {
            unlink($config['backupfile']);
            unlink($config['backupzip']);
        }

        return $result;
    }
}

$dbb = new DatabaseBackup($config);
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s').' '.$dbb->backup($config['databases']).PHP_EOL;