To do an automatic database backup and have it sent to your email adress is a 2 step process

Step1 Download the database-backup.zip file from our downloads section( Database Backup to Email Script). Unzip the file and edit, according to the instructions in the read me in the zip file, with your database information. Then upload the file to the root of your account (above public_html)

Step 2 go into c-panel and setup a cron job, you will run it like this set the run time how you like and the path below ( remember home or home2 whichever your server path is php -f '/home/username/db_backup.php' > /dev/null Now at the appointed time the cron will run and a backup will be zipped up and emailed to you at the address you specified