Database dump and PHP upgrade prior to upgrade

Omeka S Installing
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Hello,
We are about to do an upgrade to version 3.1.1 this weekend, and as we have built up quite a large database of our collections, we want to make sure we have a backup.

I am just checking if the command line code to backup the database is the most generic such as the one below or if there are any special options I need to activate to make sure we can rely on the backup :

sudo mysqldump -u [user] -p [database_name] > [filename].sql

Or is it better to use the phpMyAdmin?

While on the PhP subject, we have version

	7.2.34-26+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1

Should we upgrade that as well (to 8.0.13) prior to upgrading Omeka or can we stay as is for now?

Thanks,
Sanjin

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Simply using mysqldump as you show should be fine. PHPMyAdmin is a fine choice also.

You can stay with PHP 7.2 if you like, or move to 8.0. Both are currently supported by Omeka S 3.1.0+.

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