cPanel Full Backup Script

I found the following full backup script and it does everything I need it to do except one thing.
I need the script to allow me to configure a file path on the FTP server so that the backup file is not copied to the root of the FTP server.

Could someone have a look at the script please and make the alteration for me? I'm no programmer.

<?php

// PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically.
// Based on script posted by max.hedroom in cpanel.net forums
//   This script contains passwords.  KEEP ACCESS TO THIS FILE SECURE!

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

// Info required for cPanel access
$cpuser = ""; // Username used to login to CPanel
$cppass = ""; // Password used to login to CPanel
$domain = ""; // Domain name where CPanel is run
$skin = "x"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script won't work if it doesn't match)

// Info required for FTP host
$ftpuser = ""; // Username for FTP account
$ftppass = ""; // Password for FTP account
$ftphost = ""; // Full hostname or IP address for FTP host
$ftpmode = "ftp"; // FTP mode ("ftp" for active, "passiveftp" for passive)

// Notification information
$notifyemail = "you@yoursite.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

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

// *********** 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?".$params." HTTP/1.0\r\n");
fputs($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 don't do anything with it.
while (!feof($socket)) {
  $response = fgets($socket,4096);
  if ($debug) echo $response;
}

fclose($socket);

?> 

PHP:

Thanks in advance!

 

Try creating a new variable for your path then replace the $socket variable in the fputs function with the new variable name you created, im not 100% sure if that will work though...

 

I've been asked (in my rep comments) if this script works well.

The answer is NO. I was looking for someone to help me fix the script above, so don't use it.

The good news is that I finally got it working and it does work very well.
Check my "Recent Blog" link and find the post about the script on that blog.
All of the details are there and it does work great now.

 

Your blog is a bit old now, could you please let us know if you have found a good software?