<?php
 
// PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically, optionally to a remote FTP server.
// This script contains passwords.  KEEP ACCESS TO THIS FILE SECURE! (place it in your home dir, not /www/)
 
// ********* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NEED TO BE CONFIGURED *********
 
// Info required for cPanel access
$cpuser = "username"; // Username used to login to CPanel
$cppass = "password"; // Password used to login to CPanel
$domain = "domain.com"; // Domain name where CPanel is run
$skin = "x"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script won't work if it doesn't match). Most people run the default x theme
 
// Info required for FTP host
$ftpuser = "username"; // Username for FTP account
$ftppass = "password"; // Password for FTP account
$ftphost = "ftp.domain.com"; // Full hostname or IP address for FTP host
$ftpmode = "ftp"; // FTP mode ("ftp" for active, "passiveftp" for passive)
 
// Notification information
$notifyemail = "[email protected]"; // Email address to send results
 
// Secure or non-secure mode
$secure = 1; // Set to 1 for SSL (requires SSL support), otherwise will use standard HTTP
 
// Set to 1 to have web page result appear in your cron log
$debug = 1;
 
// *********** NO CONFIGURATION ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE *********
 
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&submit=Generate Backup";
 
// Make POST to cPanel
fputs($socket,"POST /frontend/".$skin."/backup/dofullbackup.html?".$params." HTTP/1.0
");
fputs($socket,"Host: $domain
");
fputs($socket,"Authorization: Basic $pass
");
fputs($socket,"Connection: Close
");
fputs($socket,"
");
 
// Grab response even if we don't do anything with it.
while (!feof($socket)) {
  $response = fgets($socket,4096);
  if ($debug) echo $response;
}
 
fclose($socket);
 
?>