cron job for backup the database in linux/php

Question

Am new to linux cron job, i am using mysql DB, my database name finaldb, i want to take this database every one hour,

I have folder called dailbackup, in this i have fol

Answer 1

Untested one liner:

mysqldump -u*user* -p*password* -P*dbport* -h localhost finaldb > /.../dailbackup/final_db_$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M).sql

just add it to your cron job or wrap it in a script and you are done