(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
copy — Copies file
$from
, string $to
, ?resource $context
= null
): bool
Makes a copy of the file from
to
to
.
If you wish to move a file, use the rename() function.
from
Path to the source file.
to
The destination path. If to
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";
}
?>