/home/myname/dobackups

<?php
$cpaneluser = 'userhere'; // cPanel username
$cpaneluserpass = 'userpasshere'; // cPanel password
$theme = 'paper_lantern'; // Must match current selected cPanel theme ('paper_lantern' in the majority of cases, 'x3' is possible as well)
$ftp = true; // If it's false the backup will be stored in user's home directory, otherwise it will be uploaded via FTP to some custom location
$ftpserver = 'serverX.web-hosting.com'; // Must be localhost for current server or custom hostname for remote FTP upload
$ftpusername = 'userftp'; // cPanel/SFTP username. Should be the same as cPanel username for local upload or custom for remote upload
$ftppassword = 'ftppass'; // cPanel/SFTP password. Should be the same as cPanel password for local upload or custom for remote upload
$ftpport = '21098'; // SFTP port. Should be 21 in most cases.
$ftpdirectory = '/home2/user/DatabaseBackups'; // Directory on FTP server to store backups. MUST EXIST BEFORE BACKUP OR BACKUP PROCESS WILL FAIL
// Do not edit below this line
$domain = 'localhost';
$secure = true;
$auth = base64_encode($cpaneluser . ":" . $cpaneluserpass);
if ($secure) {
    $url = "ssl://" . $domain;
    $port = 2083;
    } else {
    $url = $domain;
    $port = 2082;
}
$socket = fsockopen('localhost', 2082);
if (!$socket) {
    exit("Failed to open socket connection.");
}
if ($ftp) {
$params = "dest=scp&server=$ftpserver&user=$ftpusername&pass=$ftppassword&port=$ftpport&rdir=$ftpdirectory&submit=Generate Backup";
} else {
   $params = "submit=Generate Backup";
}
fputs($socket, "POST /frontend/" . $theme . "/backup/dofullbackup.html?" . $params . " HTTP/1.0rn");
fputs($socket, "Host: $domainrn");
fputs($socket, "Authorization: Basic $authrn");
fputs($socket, "Connection: Closern");
fputs($socket, "rn");
while (!feof($socket)) {
   $response = fgets($socket, 4096);
//     echo $response; //uncomment this line for debugging
}
fclose($socket);
?>