PHP copy function

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copy

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

Makes a copy of the file source to
dest. Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example 1. copy() example

$file = 'example.txt';
$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';
 
if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}

If you wish to move a file, use the rename() function.

Note:
As of PHP 4.3.0, both source and
dest may be URLs if the “fopen wrappers”
have been enabled. See fopen() for more details.
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.

Note:
Windows compatibility: If you copy a file with no size,
copy() will return FALSE, but the file will be correctly
copied.

See also move_uploaded_file(),
rename(), and the section of the manual
about handling file
uploads.