Note added after posting: This is resolved - All I had to do was select the Compress as ‘zipped’ radio button and it worked fine. Greenhorn mistake, I’m sure.
Hello.
I’ve successfully exported my EE database via MAMP Pro/phpMyAdmin several times in the past. Just a standard-settings export so it can be imported into my EngineHosting production environment. Nothing fancy.
This time, however, when I hit the ‘Go’ button to begin the export, the browser page/frame that usually contains the exported data is blank.
If I do a ‘View This Frame Only’ I can see two lines of text in the browser window:
export.php: Missing parameter: what (FAQ 2.8)
export.php: Missing parameter: export_type (FAQ 2.8)
Both hyperlink to the following paragraph of documentation, which I do not understand. I’m including it in hopes that a reader will a) have suffered a similar issue and b) have the patience to translate it into an action I can comprehend.
2.8 I get “Missing parameters” errors, what can I do?
Here are a few points to check:
* In config.inc.php, try to leave the $cfg[‘PmaAbsoluteUri’] directive empty. See also FAQ 4.7. (Note from Eric: I checked mine and this is what it looks like, $cfg[‘PmaAbsoluteUri’] = ‘’; so I think it is empty.)
* Maybe you have a broken PHP installation or you need to upgrade your Zend Optimizer. See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31134.
* If you are using Hardened PHP with the ini directive varfilter.max_request_variables set to the default (200) or another low value, you could get this error if your table has a high number of columns. Adjust this setting accordingly. (Thanks to Klaus Dorninger for the hint).
* In the php.ini directive arg_separator.input, a value of “;” will cause this error. Replace it with “&;”. (Note from Eric: Mind was already set to “&;”)
* If you are using Hardened-PHP, you might want to increase request limits.
* The directory specified in the php.ini directive session.save_path does not exist or is read-only.