Copy a File from One Folder to Another Folder in PHP

Hello Dev,In this article we will cover on how to implement copy a file from one folder to another folder in php. you can understand a concept of how to copy file from one folder to another in php. i would like to show you php copy file example. you will learn php copy file from one folder to another. Here, Creating a basic example of copy image from one folder to another in php.

If you need to copy file from one folder to another using php code then we can use "copy()" function of php. php provide copy function to copy your file from one place to another.

So, here i will give you very simple example and syntax how it works to copy file from one folder to another in php.

Let's see bellow syntax and example that will help you.

Syntax:

bool copy( string $source, string $destination, resource $context )

You can see bellow parameter in details:

$source: you need to give file path that you want to copy.

$destination: you need to give file path for destination source.

$context: this is optional, It specifies the context resource created with stream_context_create() function.

Example:

<?php
  
/* Store the path of source file */
$filePath = 'images/test.jpeg';
  
/* Store the path of destination file */
$destinationFilePath = 'copyImages/test.jpeg';
  
/* Copy File from images to copyImages folder */
if( !copy($filePath, $destinationFilePath) ) {  
    echo "File can't be copied!";  
}  
else {  
    echo "File has been copied!";  
} 
  
?>

I hope it can help you...