copy() error

[xProteuSx]

I am trying to copy an existing file into a newly created directory using PHP, and am getting errors.  Here is the code:

 

 

mkdir('../user/dude1/');

mkdir('../user/dude1/images/');

chmod('../user/dude1/images/', 0777);

$userdir = '../user/dude1/';

$imgdir = '../user/dude1/images/';

$copyfile = '../user/index.html';

copy($copyfile,$userdir);

copy($copyfile,$imgdir);

 

If I run a file_exists() on $userdir, $imgdir, or $copyfile, they all come back true, and all of these directories and files exist before the copy() command has run.  Here is the error that I get:

 

Warning: copy(../user/dude1) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in addcollection.php on line 154
Warning: copy(../user/dude1/images/) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in addcollection.php on line 155

 

I have also tried using the following file structure:

 

$userdir = '/home/username/public_html/user/dude1';  (for example)

 

... and I still get the same message, even though I am using things from the 'root'.

 

I have tried a lot of different variations of file structure, names, etc. and I can't get this to work.  Your help would be much appreciated.  Thank you in advance.

[timothyarden]

Not sure its been a while since Ive done file work but from memory you need to use fopen() to open the file assign it to a variable and put it in the first parameter - read the manual on php.net regarding fopen() php.net/fopen & also php.net/copy

[xProteuSx]

Figured this out about 12 seconds after I posted it.  I need to copy the file to a file, and not to a directory.  So like this:

 

 

mkdir('../user/dude1/');

mkdir('../user/dude1/images/');

chmod('../user/dude1/images/', 0777);

$userdir = '../user/dude1/index.html';

$imgdir = '../user/dude1/images/index.html';

$copyfile = '../user/index.html';

copy($copyfile,$userdir);

copy($copyfile,$imgdir);

 

Voila!