Database Backup Fails

[rebel]

database backup on NewsTopica 3.03 works fine until the database size exceeds 22mb, the script still creates the file but it is empty...
any ideas... could it be a php limitation or even an apache one?

[rebel]

any thoughts on this ?

[David]

I'll flag this one.
If you can, send me ftp, phpmyadmin and admin access to your site, so we can see the problem in action, and hopefully solve it.

[James]

It's execution time exceeeded or memory max limit exceeded one. Probably a combo of both. You need to either using php.ini or .htaccess depending upon the way php is running on your server set the timeout and memory usage much higher. Be forwarned that can cause server usage spikes and some hosting companies will be very unhappy with you. If you have access to a backup utility as in Cpanel use it or phpmyadmin one.