Yii2 extension that allows to create backups of mysql database (structure and data)
Installation
The preferred way to install this extension is through composer., (*1)
Either run, (*2)
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist fadeevms/yii2-dump-db "*"
or add, (*3)
"fadeevms/yii2-dump-db": "*"
to the require section of your composer.json., (*4)
To use this extension,  simply add the following code in your application configuration:, (*5)
    'components' => [
        ...
        'dumper' => [
            'class' => 'fadeevms\dump\dumpDB',
        ],
        ...
    ],
Usage:, (*6)
      $dumper = \Yii::$app->dumper;
      echo $dumper->getDump();
Saving the dump to a file:, (*7)
      $dumper = \Yii::$app->dumper;
      $bk_file = 'FILE_NAME-'.date('YmdHis').'.sql';
      $fh = fopen($bk_file, 'w') or die("can't open file");
      fwrite($fh, $dumper->getDump(FALSE));
      fclose($fh);
Dumping external DB:, (*8)
     $dumper = new \fadeevms\dump\dumpDB('mysql:host=HOTS_NAME_OR_IP;dbname=DATABASE_NAME','USERNAME','PASSWORD');
     $dumper->setRemoveViewDefinerSecurity(TRUE);
     echo $dumper->getDump();