copy
Description
Copies file
Syntax
copy ( string $source , string $dest [, resource $context ] ) : bool
Parameters
sourcePath to the source file.
destThe 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.
contextA valid context resource created with stream_context_create().
Return
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
1 · source dest
<?
$source = 'file.php';
$dest = 'file2.php';
$return = copy($source, $dest);
if ($return) {
echo "copied $source to $dest";
} else {
echo "failed to copy $source";
}
?>copied file.php to file2.php
2 · context
<?
$options = array(
'http' => array(
'method' => "GET",
'header' => "Accept-language: en\r\n" . "Cookie: cookie=test\r\n"
)
);
$source = 'file.php';
$dest = 'file2.php';
$context = stream_context_create($options);
$return = copy($source, $dest, $context);
if ($return) {
echo "copied $source to $dest";
} else {
echo "failed to copy $source";
}
?>copied file.php to file2.php
