(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
copy — Copies file
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.
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.
If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.
context
A valid context resource created with stream_context_create().
Returns true
on success or false
on failure.
Example #1 copy() example
<?php $file = 'example.txt'; $newfile = 'example.txt.bak'; if (!copy($file, $newfile)) { echo "failed to copy $file...\n"; } ?>
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