copy in PHP

copy — Copies file

Syntax:

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

Changelog ¶

Version Description
5.3.0 Added context support.
4.3.0 Both source and dest may now be URLs if the "fopen wrappers" have been enabled. See fopen() for more details.


Example #1 copy() example

<?php
$file = 'example.txt';
$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';

if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
?>