function action_update_var($blob)
 {
     log_write("debug", "file_storage", "Executing action_update_var(BLOB)");
     /*
     	Create temp file
     */
     $temp_file = file_generate_tmpfile();
     /*
     	Write blob to disk
     */
     if (!($fhandle = fopen($temp_file, "w"))) {
         log_write("error", "file_storage", "Unable to open output file '{$temp_file}' for writing.");
         return 0;
     }
     // write all blob data
     fwrite($fhandle, $blob);
     // close the output file
     fclose($fhandle);
     /*
     	Process with action_update_file
     */
     if ($this->action_update_file($temp_file)) {
         // clean up temp file
         unlink($temp_file);
         return $this->id;
     } else {
         unlink($temp_file);
         return 0;
     }
 }
	admin/db_backup-process.php
	
	Access: admin only

	Performs export of the MySQL database, by executing mysqldump, creating
	temp files and then outputting the file for download.
*/
// includes
include_once "../include/config.php";
include_once "../include/amberphplib/main.php";
if (user_permissions_get("admin")) {
    /*
    	Create temp files for download
    */
    $file_config = file_generate_tmpfile();
    $file_export = file_generate_tmpfile();
    /*
    	Write authentication information into temp config file 
    	this allows us to prevent the exposure of the DB password on the CLI
    */
    $fh = fopen($file_config, "w");
    fwrite($fh, "[mysqldump]\n");
    fwrite($fh, "host=" . $config["db_host"] . "\n");
    fwrite($fh, "user="******"db_user"] . "\n");
    fwrite($fh, "password="******"db_pass"] . "\n");
    fclose($fh);
    /*
    	Export Database
    */
    $dbname = sql_get_singlevalue("SELECT DATABASE() as value");
    $app_mysqldump = sql_get_singlevalue("SELECT value FROM config WHERE name='APP_MYSQL_DUMP'");