copy($source, $destination) not working for me

[eholz1]

Hello PHP group,

I am trying to use the copy function to copy files from one directory
to another.
This does not seem to work for me. What am I missing?

Below is the code I am using.

<?php
$filecount = 0;
$filelist[0] = '';
$idx = 0;

//define('loc1', '/usr/local/Apache2/htdocs/portfolios', true);
$path = 'testimage';
$thumb_path = 'thumbs';

$dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die("Unable to open directory
$path");

//$filename2 = $filename . '.old';
//copy($filename, $filename2);

while ($file = readdir($dir_handle))
{
$filetyp = strtolower(substr($file, -3));
if ($filetyp == 'jpg' )
{
//loc1. '/'.$path. '/' .$thumb_path . '/' .
$filelist[$idx] = $path . '/' . $file;
$thumbfile = $thumb_path . '/'. 'thumb-'. $file;

if (!@copy($file, $thumbfile)) {
echo "unable to copy file" .'<br>';
}

$idx++;
$filecount++;

}
}

closedir($dir_handle);

echo '<h2>'."counted: " . $filecount . " files.".'</h2>';

?>
I have tried to copy to the same directory as well - no luck. the
webserver has access to the folders in question. What do I need to do
to get this to work?

Thanks Again,

eholz1

[Tyrone Slothrop]

On 22 Jan 2007 20:30:05 -0800, "eholz1" <ew****@gmail.comwrote:

>Hello PHP group,

I am trying to use the copy function to copy files from one directory
to another.
This does not seem to work for me. What am I missing?

Below is the code I am using.

<?php
$filecount = 0;
$filelist[0] = '';
$idx = 0;

//define('loc1', '/usr/local/Apache2/htdocs/portfolios', true);
$path = 'testimage';
$thumb_path = 'thumbs';

$dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die("Unable to open directory
$path");

//$filename2 = $filename . '.old';
//copy($filename, $filename2);

while ($file = readdir($dir_handle))
{
$filetyp = strtolower(substr($file, -3));
if ($filetyp == 'jpg' )
{
//loc1. '/'.$path. '/' .$thumb_path . '/' .
$filelist[$idx] = $path . '/' . $file;
$thumbfile = $thumb_path . '/'. 'thumb-'. $file;

if (!@copy($file, $thumbfile)) {
echo "unable to copy file" .'<br>';
}

$idx++;
$filecount++;

}
}

closedir($dir_handle);

echo '<h2>'."counted: " . $filecount . " files.".'</h2>';

?>
I have tried to copy to the same directory as well - no luck. the
webserver has access to the folders in question. What do I need to do
to get this to work?

Thanks Again,

eholz1

Permissions problem? On Apache *nix servers, PHP generally runs as
"nobody". Try to chmod 777 the directory to see if thast solves the
problem.

[Tim Roberts]

"eholz1" <ew****@gmail.comwrote:

>Hello PHP group,

I am trying to use the copy function to copy files from one directory
to another.
This does not seem to work for me. What am I missing?

Below is the code I am using.

<?php
$filecount = 0;
$filelist[0] = '';
$idx = 0;

//define('loc1', '/usr/local/Apache2/htdocs/portfolios', true);
$path = 'testimage';
$thumb_path = 'thumbs';

$dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die("Unable to open directory
$path");

//$filename2 = $filename . '.old';
//copy($filename, $filename2);

while ($file = readdir($dir_handle))
{
$filetyp = strtolower(substr($file, -3));
if ($filetyp == 'jpg' )
{
//loc1. '/'.$path. '/' .$thumb_path . '/' .
$filelist[$idx] = $path . '/' . $file;
$thumbfile = $thumb_path . '/'. 'thumb-'. $file;

if (!@copy($file, $thumbfile)) {
echo "unable to copy file" .'<br>';
}

Follow this through manually. readdir returns only the names of the files
in that directory, not the whole path. If the directory "testimage"
contains a file called "xxx.jpg", your copy command will expand to:

@copy( "xxx.jpg", "thumbs/thumb-xxx.jpg" )

See the problem? "xxx.jpg" doesn't exist in the current directory. It's
inside of "testimage".

You probably want
if( !@copy( $filelist[$idx], $thumbfile )) {
--
Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Jerry Stuckle]

eholz1 wrote:

Hello PHP group,

I am trying to use the copy function to copy files from one directory
to another.
This does not seem to work for me. What am I missing?

Below is the code I am using.

<?php
$filecount = 0;
$filelist[0] = '';
$idx = 0;

//define('loc1', '/usr/local/Apache2/htdocs/portfolios', true);
$path = 'testimage';
$thumb_path = 'thumbs';

$dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die("Unable to open directory
$path");

//$filename2 = $filename . '.old';
//copy($filename, $filename2);

while ($file = readdir($dir_handle))
{
$filetyp = strtolower(substr($file, -3));
if ($filetyp == 'jpg' )
{
//loc1. '/'.$path. '/' .$thumb_path . '/' .
$filelist[$idx] = $path . '/' . $file;
$thumbfile = $thumb_path . '/'. 'thumb-'. $file;

if (!@copy($file, $thumbfile)) {
echo "unable to copy file" .'<br>';
}

$idx++;
$filecount++;

}
}

closedir($dir_handle);

echo '<h2>'."counted: " . $filecount . " files.".'</h2>';

?>
I have tried to copy to the same directory as well - no luck. the
webserver has access to the folders in question. What do I need to do
to get this to work?

Thanks Again,

eholz1

In addition, remove the '@' from the copy command and see what error you
get. It will help your troubleshooting.

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[eholz1]

Hello All,

As always the PHP group comes through! I will check all these options
out.

Thanks

eholz1
If I get the copy copying i will advise.
Thanks again,

eholz1

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

eholz1 wrote:

Hello PHP group,

I am trying to use the copy function to copy files from one directory
to another.
This does not seem to work for me. What am I missing?

Below is the code I am using.

<?php
$filecount = 0;
$filelist[0] = '';
$idx = 0;

//define('loc1', '/usr/local/Apache2/htdocs/portfolios', true);
$path = 'testimage';
$thumb_path = 'thumbs';

$dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die("Unable to open directory
$path");

//$filename2 = $filename . '.old';
//copy($filename, $filename2);

while ($file = readdir($dir_handle))
{
$filetyp = strtolower(substr($file, -3));
if ($filetyp == 'jpg' )
{
//loc1. '/'.$path. '/' .$thumb_path . '/' .
$filelist[$idx] = $path . '/' . $file;
$thumbfile = $thumb_path . '/'. 'thumb-'. $file;

if (!@copy($file, $thumbfile)) {
echo "unable to copy file" .'<br>';
}

$idx++;
$filecount++;

}
}

closedir($dir_handle);

echo '<h2>'."counted: " . $filecount . " files.".'</h2>';

?>
I have tried to copy to the same directory as well - no luck. the
webserver has access to the folders in question. What do I need to do
to get this to work?

Thanks Again,

eholz1

In addition, remove the '@' from the copy command and see what error you
get. It will help your troubleshooting.

--
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
==================