Title: export error Last modified: August 25, 2021 --- # export error * Resolved [gcgardens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcgardens/) * (@gcgardens) * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-error-36/) * [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:00] Looking for PHP CLI executable file. [WARN] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Could not find proper PHP CLI executable, this process may be unstable. [WARN] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] PHP CLI file cannot be executed due to unknown reason. [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Initializing backup… [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Backup & Migration version: 1.1.3 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Site which will be backed up: ***site_url*** [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] PHP Version: 7.4.22 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Web server: Apache [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Max execution time (in seconds): 259200 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15: 08:06] Checking if backup dir is writable… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Initializing custom error handler [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Yup it is writable… [STEP][ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Scanning files… [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Checking free space, reserving… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Requires at least 440090274 bytes.[ 419.7 MB] [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Disk free space function is not disabled– using… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Checking this path/partition: ***ABSPATH***/ wp-content/***backup_path***/backups [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] There is 1,028,852.08 MB free. [1004.74 GB] [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Great! We have enough space. [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Confirmed, there is more than enough space, checked: 440090274 bytes [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Scanning done – found 8694 files… [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Backup initialized… [ STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Initializing archiving system… [SUCCESS] [2021-08- 25 15:08:06] Archive system initialized… [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Preparing map of files… [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Files prepared. [INFO] [2021-08- 25 15:08:06] Starting compression process… [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Smart memory calculation… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] There is 384 MBs of memory to use [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] WordPress memory limit: 256 MBs [SUCCESS] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Setting the safe limit to 86 MB [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Making database backup (using V2 engine, requires at least v1.1.0 to restore)[ INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Iterating database… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Memory usage after initialization: 36.202301025391 MB [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08: 06] Scan found 29 tables (1208 rows), estimated total size: 1.92 MB. [INFO] [ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Memory usage after getting table names: 36.216506958008 MB [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting table recipes… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15: 08:06] Table recipes have been exported. [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Memory usage after loading recipes: 36.236434936523 MB [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Saving recipes… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Recipes saved. [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Memory usage after recipe off-load: 36.221878051758 MB [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Exporting table data… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_commentmeta (0.00 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_commentmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00023 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15: 08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_comments (0.00 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_comments cloned, operation took: 0.00016 ms [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_links (0.00 MB) [INFO] [ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_links cloned, operation took: 0.00136 ms[ INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_options (0.19 MB)[ INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_options cloned, operation took: 0.00930 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_postmeta( 0.23 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_postmeta cloned, operation took: 0.01162 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_posts( 0.38 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_posts cloned, operation took: 0.03477 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_term_relationships( 0.00 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_term_relationships cloned, operation took: 0.00064 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_term_taxonomy (0.00 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_term_taxonomy cloned, operation took: 0.00061 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_termmeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_termmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00020 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_terms (0.01 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_terms cloned, operation took: 0.00055 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_usermeta (0.01 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_usermeta cloned, operation took: 0.00154 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wp_yb6rty_users (0.01 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wp_yb6rty_users cloned, operation took: 0.00092 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_actionscheduler_actions (0.13 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_actionscheduler_actions cloned, operation took: 0.00142 ms [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_actionscheduler_claims (0.03 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_actionscheduler_claims cloned, operation took: 0.00026 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_actionscheduler_groups( 0.03 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_actionscheduler_groups cloned, operation took: 0.00114 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_actionscheduler_logs (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_actionscheduler_logs cloned, operation took: 0.00101 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_commentmeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_commentmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00026 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_comments (0.09 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_comments cloned, operation took: 0.00117 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_links (0.03 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_links cloned, operation took: 0.00027 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_options (0.19 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_options cloned, operation took: 0.01004 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_postmeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_postmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00133 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_posts (0.08 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_posts cloned, operation took: 0.00173 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_term_relationships (0.03 MB) [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_term_relationships cloned, operation took: 0.00113 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_term_taxonomy (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021-08- 25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_term_taxonomy cloned, operation took: 0.00467 ms [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_termmeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_termmeta cloned, operation took: 0.00043 ms [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_terms (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_terms cloned, operation took: 0.00145 ms [INFO] [ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_usermeta (0.05 MB) [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_usermeta cloned, operation took: 0.00160 ms [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_users (0.06 MB) [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_users cloned, operation took: 0.00952 ms [INFO] [ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Getting data of table: wpge_wpforms_tasks_meta (0.02 MB)[ INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table: wpge_wpforms_tasks_meta cloned, operation took: 0.00029 ms [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Table data exported. [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Memory usage after data export: 36.205268859863 MB [INFO] [2021- 08-25 15:08:06] Entire process took: 0.2027 s [SUCCESS] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Database backup finished [STEP] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Making archive [INFO] [ 2021-08-25 15:08:06] Compressing… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Using PclZip module to create the backup [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Legacy setting: Using default modules depending on user server [WARN] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Backup will run as single-request, may be unstable… [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:06] Chunks contain 500 files. [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:07] Milestone: 500/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:08] Milestone: 1000/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:09] Milestone: 1500/8694[ INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:10] Milestone: 2000/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:11] Milestone: 2500/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:13] Milestone: 3000/8694 [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:14] Milestone: 3500/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:14] Milestone: 4000/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:15] Milestone: 4500/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:16] Milestone: 5000/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:16] Milestone: 5500/8694[ INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:17] Milestone: 6000/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:18] Milestone: 6500/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:20] Milestone: 7000/8694 [INFO][ 2021-08-25 15:08:21] Milestone: 7500/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:27] Milestone: 8000/8694 [INFO] [2021-08-25 15:08:34] Milestone: 8500/8694 [ERROR] [2021-08- 25 15:08:34] Issues during backup (packing)… [ERROR] [2021-08-25 15:08:34] PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT(- 10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature [ERROR] [2021-08-25 15:08:34] Something went wrong (pclzip) – removing backup files… [STEP] [2021- 08-25 15:08:34] Aborting backup… [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] File downloaded on (server time): 2021-08-25 15:08:37 [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (seconds): 3 seconds ago [DOWNLOAD GENERATED] Last update (date): 2021-08-25 15:08:34 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexport-error-36%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Thread Starter [gcgardens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcgardens/) * (@gcgardens) * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-error-36/#post-14804433) * Exporting error, see quote above * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-error-36/#post-14809634) * Hi [@gcgardens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcgardens/) * Could you please try different backup technique (you can find it in „other options” section) at the bottom: - “Bypass web server limits – it will disable automatic backup and possibility to run it in the background” - Don’t forget to save the settings 🙂 * Your error was caused by some broken file, this method should automatically detect it and remove it from the backup hopefully solving your issue 🙂 * Let me know if that worked. Thank you! 🙂 * Plugin Author [iClyde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iclyde/) * (@iclyde) * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-error-36/#post-14838463) * As we didn’t hear any reply in last days. I can assume that you resolved the issue. * Feel free to open new topic if I am wrong! 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