PHP copy() Function

Definition

The copy() function copies a file.

Syntax

PHP copy() Function has the following syntax.

Parameter

Note

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

Return

This function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.

Example 1

Files are copied using copy().

<?php
echo copy("source.txt","target.txt");
?>

Example 2

copy() takes two parameters: the filename you wish to copy from and the filename you wish to copy to.

<?PHP// w  w w  . j a  va2 s  . c  o  m
      $filename = "c:/abc/test.txt";
      $filename2 = $filename . '.old';
      $result = copy($filename, $filename2);
      if ($result) {
             print "$filename has been copied to $filename2.\n";
      } else {
             print "Error: couldn't copy $filename to $filename2!\n";
      }
?>