<?php
// This code is licensed under the GPL Version 2.0 only
// Make sure you name the file with the .php extension
// or one that is run as php.
// This script allows it's file name to be anything,
// so long as it is run through the php parser.
// This is Beta version 0.1

function getHome (){
    $home_array = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
    $home_split = split ('/', $home_array);
    $home = "/".$home_split['1']."/".$home_split['2'];
    return $home;
}

$date = date("Y-m-d-H-i-s");
// replace "insert database" with the name of the database.
// You do need to include the quotes though
$dbname = "insert database";
$home = getHome ();
// replace "insert password" with the cPanel Password
// You do need to include the quotes though
$password = "insert password";

system("mysqldump -u`whoami` -p$password $dbname > $home/backups/$dbname.$date.sql");
?>