leonardaustin

Ok I figured it out. Basically I hate people who don’t post solutions after they figure it out so here it is:

safe mode was on in the php.ini file, when it should be off.

Yeap that’s it. Cheers for everyones help though.

No it doesn’t work with save to server, computer or email. And the folder backup-xxx is being created fine without having to created it via ftp.

Unfortunately that didn’t work. I also tried deactivating all of my other plugins and only using the backup that didn’t work either.

Then I thought it might be because I used plesk application vault to install wordpress so i uninstalled wordpress from plesk- deleted everything on my webspace, uploaded a fresh copy of wordpress went through the installation process and activated backup, got the same error. I can only assume it’s something to do with my 1and1 dedicated server. Could it be a setting on the server?

I am also having the issue with the wp-db-backup plugin. I’m running version WordPress v2.1.3 and wp-db-backup v2.0.5, i have ensured that wp-contents folder is chmod 777 but still get the javascript error “The backup file could not be saved. Please check the permissions for writing to your backup directory and try again”.

I think it might be something to do with the fact my hosting space is with 1and1?