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Text lesson

copy()

Example

Duplicate “source.txt” to “target.txt”.

<?php
echo copy(“source.txt”,“target.txt”);
?>

Definition and Usage

The copy() function duplicates a file.

Note: If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.

Syntax

copy(from_file, to_file, context)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
from_file	Mandatory. Specifies the path of the file to be copied.
to_file	Mandatory. Specifies the path where the file should be copied to.
context	Optional. Specifies a context resource created using `stream_context_create()`.

Technical Details

Return Value:	Returns `TRUE` on success and `FALSE` on failure.
PHP Version:	4.0+
PHP Changelog:	PHP 5.3 introduced the `context` parameter.