Php/docs/function.copy

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• Copies file

copy

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

copy — Copies file

Description

copy ( string $source , string $dest [, resource $context ] ) : bool

Makes a copy of the file source to dest.

If you wish to move a file, use the rename() function.

Parameters

source

Path to the source file.

dest

The destination path. If dest is a URL, the copy operation may fail if the wrapper does not support overwriting of existing files.

Warning

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

context

A valid context resource created with stream_context_create().

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 copy() example

<?php$file = 'example.txt';$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";}?>

See Also

• move_uploaded_file() - Moves an uploaded file to a new location
• rename() - Renames a file or directory
• The section of the manual about handling file uploads