backup script for a hosted MySQL database

I don't see Perl in my /usr/bin so I can't use mysqlhotcopy so I'm
writing a script for mysqldump. I also need to copy a directory of
html pages. I could use any help. This is as far as I got:


#!/bin/bash
if user = rootUser
mysqldump = rootUser myDatabase backup/ backup_&
date & myDatabase.sq

cp public_html/myWebPageDir backup/backup& date & myWebPageDir

else



exit #


I have the error message
"./myBackupScript.sh: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token
`else'
/myBackupScript.sh: line 8: `else'
"

tia,

My problem is