PHP Copy Directory

[stublackett]

Hi,

New to the forum!

 

Just wondering if anyone can help me with the PHP Copy command, I need it to be simple really in the fact that all I am doing is copying a directory

 

The PHP code is :

 

<?php

copy("folder", "folder1");

if (file_exists("folder")) {

  print("A copy of folder was created.\n");

}

?>

 

This file is located in the root of my web space and I am just using the folder "Folder" as a working example.

 

That PHP code is producing the error : Warning: copy(folder1): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /export2/webroot/users/d4066435/copy.php on line 10

 

The folder "folder" has the permissions set to "777" and the file copy.php (This file) is also set to 777

 

Any ideas on how I can get this to work? Or any suggestions on a PHP script that just copys directorys, Cheers!

[duclet]

You need to make sure the parent folder of "folder" gives you the permission to write.

[stublackett]

Its on my University main directory, So looks like the permissions were different there, I copied the "copy.php" file into the folder and executed it, It worked!

 

Next problem I've got is, The folder its copied has 0 bytes of space and when clicked to open it opens up in Notepad

 

How do I actually copy the Directory?

[duclet]

If I recall correctly, copy is only used for copying files. You generally have to copy file by file. I am pretty sure you can google up such a function that will copy the whole directory. There is a cheat around this but it really isn't recommended. You can do this:

 

system('cp -R folder folder1');