{"id":11265,"date":"2024-03-14T13:42:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-copy-function-in-php\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:37:17","slug":"how-to-use-the-copy-function-in-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-copy-function-in-php\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP copy() Function Tutorial &#038; Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In PHP, the copy function is used to duplicate files or directories. The syntax is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">bool<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_ invoke__\">copy<\/span> ( <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">$source<\/span> , <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">string<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">$dest<\/span> [, resource <span class=\"hljs-variable\">$context<\/span> ] )\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The source parameter represents the path of the source file or directory, the dest parameter represents the path of the target file or directory, and the context parameter is optional, used to specify the context of the stream.<\/p>\n<p>Original: \u6211\u4eec\u5fc5\u987b\u7acb\u523b\u91c7\u53d6\u884c\u52a8\u9632\u6b62\u66f4\u591a\u4eba\u611f\u67d3\u8fd9\u79cd\u75be\u75c5\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Paraphrased: We must take immediate action to prevent more people from getting infected with this disease.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-variable\">$source<\/span> = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'file.txt'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$dest<\/span> = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'newfile.txt'<\/span>;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-title function_ invoke__\">copy<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-variable\">$source<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-variable\">$dest<\/span>)) {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">echo<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u6587\u4ef6\u590d\u5236\u6210\u529f\"<\/span>;\r\n} <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">echo<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"\u6587\u4ef6\u590d\u5236\u5931\u8d25\"<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, copy the file file.txt to newfile.txt. 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