Moving files by using the function rename()

[Alien]

Hi,
I am new to PHP and trying to move a zip file from one directory to another. I researched on the web on this and all fingers pointed to this rename() function.

I tried writing a PHP script which simply moves a zip file (located in the same directory as the source code) to another directory by:

<?php
$sourcecode = dirname(__FILE__).'\zipfile.zip'; //appending the current directory with the file name
 
$destination = 'C:\xampp\htdocs';
 
rename($sourcecode, $destination);
?>
 

I have already tested whether the $sourcecode has the correct path to the file. Upon executing it, my browser gives me this error:

Warning: rename(C:\xampp\htdocs\tutorial\zipfile.zip,C:\xam pp\htdocs) [function.rename]: File exists in C:\xampp\htdocs\tutorial\movingfiles.php on line 5

Any one knows where I am screwing up? Tried to fiddle around with it without much luck.

Thanks for looking at this.

[Atli]

Hi.

The second parameter (the destination) should be a path to a new file, not just the directory you want that file to be in.

In other words:

$fileName = "file.ext";
$old = "/path/to/old/" . $fileName;
$new = "/path/to/new/" . $fileName;
 
rename($old, $new) or die("Failed to move file");