PHP copy() Function
The PHP copy() function makes a copy of the file source to dest.
Syntax
copy(source, dest, context)
Parameters
source |
Required. Specify the path to the source file. |
dest |
Required. Specify the destination path. If it is a URL, the copy operation may fail if the wrapper does not support overwriting of existing files.If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten. |
context |
Optional. Specify the context resource created with stream_context_create() function. |
Return Value
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Example:
Lets assume that we have a file called test.txt in the current working directory. The example below demonstrates on using this function to make a copy of this file.
<?php
$source = 'test.txt';
$dest = 'demo.txt';
//making a copy of $file
if(copy($source, $dest)){
echo "$source is successfully copied as $dest.\n";
} else {
echo "An error encountered while copying $source.\n";
}
?>
The output of the above code will be:
test.txt is successfully copied as demo.txt.
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