(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.
fromPath 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.
contextA 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";
}
?>