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

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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 using PHP  I m on Windows XP  a cross platform solution would be great but windows preferred

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You could use the rename   function    rename  foo test php    bar test php      This however will move the file not copy

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Hi guys wanted to also add on how to copy using a dynamic copying and pasting   let say we don t know the actual folder the user will create but we know in that folder we need files to be copied to  to activate some function like delete  update  views etc    you can use something like this    I used this code in one of the complex project which I am currently busy on  i just build it myself because all answers i got on the internet was giving me an error        dirPath1    users  uniqueID    creating main folder and where  uniqueID will be called by a database when a user login       result   mkdir  dirPath1  0755                dirPath2    users  uniqueID profile    sub folder              result   mkdir  dirPath2  0755                    dirPath3    users  uniqueID images    sub folder                   result   mkdir  dirPath3  0755                        dirPath4    users  uniqueID uploads   sub folder                      result   mkdir  dirPath4  0755                        copy  blank dashboard php    users    uniqueID   dashboard php    from blank folder to dynamic user created folder                      copy  blank views php    users    uniqueID   views php     from blank folder to dynamic user created folder                      copy  blank upload php    users    uniqueID   upload php     from blank folder to dynamic user created folder                      copy  blank delete php    users    uniqueID   delete php     from blank folder to dynamic user created folder   I think facebook or twitter uses something like this to build every new user  dashboard dynamic

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Best way to copy all files from one folder to another using PHP   lt  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   lt H2 gt Copy files completed  lt  H2 gt      output when done   gt

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You can copy and past this will help you   lt  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       gt

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

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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

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lt  php         Copy the file from  user desktop geek txt      to user Downloads geeksforgeeks txt      directory        Store the path of source file   source     user Desktop geek txt           Store the path of destination file   destination    user Downloads geeksforgeeks txt           Copy the file from  user desktop geek txt      to user Downloads geeksforgeeks txt      directory  if   copy  source   destination            echo  quot File can t be copied   n quot         else         echo  quot File has been copied   n quot              gt

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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

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

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