CPanel Full Backup Cron Script

fullbackup.php

<?php

// PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically, optionally to a remote FTP server.
// Cron Job Command: /usr/local/bin/php /home/<cpanel-username>/fullbackup.php

// This script contains passwords. It is important to keep access to this file secure (we would ask you to place it in your home directory, not public_html)

// You need create 'backups' folder in your home directory ( or any other folder that you would like to store your backups in ).

// ********* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NEED TO BE CONFIGURED ********* 

// Information required for cPanel access 

$cpuser = ""; // Username used to login to cPanel 

$cppass = '@y'; // Password used to login to cPanel. NB! you could face some issues with the "$#&/" chars in the password, so if script does not work, please try to change the password.

$domain = ""; // Your main domain name 

$skin = "gl_paper_lantern"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script will not work if it does not match). Most people run the default "x" theme or "x3" theme 

// Information required for FTP host 

$ftpuser = ""; // Username for FTP account 

$ftppass = ''; // Password for FTP account NB! you could face some issues with the "$#&/" chars in the password, so if script does not work, please try to change the password.

$ftphost = ""; // IP address of your hosting account 

$ftpmode = "passiveftp"; // FTP mode 

// Notification information $notifyemail = "any@example.com"; // Email address to send results 

// Secure or non-secure mode $secure = 0; // Set to 1 for SSL (requires SSL support), otherwise will use standard HTTP 

$secure = 1;

// Set to 1 to have web page result appear in your cron log $debug = 0;

$debug = 1;

// *********** NO CONFIGURATION ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE ********* 

$ftpport = "21";

$ftpdir = "/backup_dir/"; // Directory where backups stored (make it in your /home/ directory). Or you can change 'backups' to the name of any other folder created for the backups; 


// Delete Old Files

$daysOld = '40'; //Enter the age of files in days, if a file should be deleted that's older than 2 days enter 2

$filesToSkip = array(
    '.',
    '..',
    '.ftpquota'
); //Contains the files that the script needs to skip if it comes accross them

$notificationEmail = 'notifyt@mydomain.com'; //The email address to send a notification when file fails to delete


//FTP session starting

$ftpconnection = ftp_connect($ftphost);

$login = ftp_login($ftpconnection, $ftpuser, $ftppass);

if (!$ftpconnection || !$login) {
    
    die('Connection attempt failed!');
}

//Switching to passive mode
ftp_pasv($ftpconnection, TRUE);


//Calcuting the datetime of todays day minus the amount of days entered
$dateToCompare = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-' . $daysOld . ' days', time()));


//Looping through the contents of the provided directory
$files = ftp_nlist($ftpconnection, $ftpdir); //ftp_rawlist — Returns a detailed list of files in the given directory

foreach ($files as $file) {
    
    //Check if the file is in the list of files to skip, if it is we continue the loop
    
    if (in_array($file, $filesToSkip)) {
        continue;
    }
    
    $modTime = ftp_mdtm($ftpconnection, $file);
    
    if (strtotime($dateToCompare) >= $modTime) {
        
        if (!ftp_delete($ftpconnection, $file)) { //Deleting the file that needs to be deleted
            
            //If the file fails to delete we send a mail to the administrator
            //mail($notificationEmail, 'FAILED TO DELETE FILE', 'FAILED TO DELETE FILE: '.$file);
            echo "Failed to delete " . $file;
        } else {
            echo "Deleted " . $file;
        }
    }
}


// Proceed with backup request

if ($secure) {
    
    $url = "ssl://" . $domain;
    
    $port = 2083;
    
} else {
    
    $url = $domain;
    
    $port = 2082;
    
}

$socket = fsockopen($url, $port);

if (!$socket) {
    echo "Failed to open socket connection... Bailing out!n";
    exit;
}

// Encode authentication string 

$authstr = $cpuser . ":" . $cppass;

$pass = base64_encode($authstr);

$params = "dest=$ftpmode&email=$notifyemail&server=$ftphost&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&port=$ftpport&rdir=$ftpdir&submit=Generate Backup";

// Make POST to cPanel 

fputs($socket, "POST /frontend/" . $skin . "/backup/dofullbackup.html?" . $params . " HTTP/1.0\r\n");

fputs($socket, "Host: $domain\r\n");

fputs($socket, "Authorization: Basic $pass\r\n");

fputs($socket, "Connection: Close\r\n");

fputs($socket, "\r\n");

// Grab response even if we do not do anything with it. 

while (!feof($socket)) {
    
    $response = fgets($socket, 4096);
    if ($debug)
        echo $response;
    
}

fclose($socket);


?>