How to copy a file from one directory to another using PHP?

Question

Say I\'ve got a file test.php in foo directory as well as bar. How can I replace bar/test.php with foo/test.php

Answer 1

Best way to copy all files from one folder to another using PHP

<?php
$src = "/home/www/example.com/source/folders/123456";  // source folder or file
$dest = "/home/www/example.com/test/123456";   // destination folder or file        

shell_exec("cp -r $src $dest");

echo "<H2>Copy files completed!</H2>"; //output when done
?>

Answer 2

copy will do this. Please check the php-manual. Simple Google search should answer your last two questions ;)

Answer 3

You can copy and past this will help you

<?php
$file = '/test1/example.txt';
$newfile = '/test2/example.txt';
if(!copy($file,$newfile)){
    echo "failed to copy $file";
}
else{
    echo "copied $file into $newfile\n";
}
?>

Answer 4

You can use both rename() and copy().

I tend to prefer to use rename if I no longer require the source file to stay in its location.

Answer 5

You could use the rename() function :

rename('foo/test.php', 'bar/test.php');

This however will move the file not copy

Answer 6

You could use the copy() function :

// Will copy foo/test.php to bar/test.php
// overwritting it if necessary
copy('foo/test.php', 'bar/test.php');

Quoting a couple of relevant sentences from its manual page :

Makes a copy of the file source to dest.

If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.