You can copy a MySQL database to a website using a tool such as phpMyAdmin or by using the MySQL command line. Create a new target database, export the data from the source database and import it ...

I would like to know whether a MySQL database can be copied from one machine to another using the mysqldump command instead of taking a snapshot by copying the data directory.

A compromised copy of the MySQL administration tool phpMyAdmin was being served up via a SourceForge mirror site based in Korea that has since been taken out of the rotation, officials said.