PHP copy all images folder from one folder to another

Question

I am working on some code that will take all the images in one folder and copy them into another folder and then delete the original folder and it content.

I have:

copy('images/old-folder/*', 'images/new-folder/');
unlink('images/old-folder/');

but this does not work :( but it doesn't work I mean the files dont copy over and the old-folder is not deleted :(

I even tried:

system('cp images/old-folder/* images/new-folder/');

and that didn't work either :( Please help.

I have even tried to change the permissions of the two folders:

chmod('images/old-folder/', 0777);
chmod('images/new-folder/', 0777);

Have you tried a fully qualified path? Does the account have permissions? — Andy Jones, Jul 25 '14 at 15:20
`copy()` is not supposed to be working on directories but single files only, as said in the documentation. Please see [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7775949/180709) for a pure PHP solution. If you can, please don't use shell calls that have to be used with extreme caution. — zopieux, Jul 25 '14 at 15:22

Prasanth · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-26T12:14:29.117

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foreach(glob('images/old-folder/*') as $image) {
    copy($image, 'images/new-folder/' . basename($image)); unlink($image);
}
rmdir('images/old-folder');

check the docs: glob, rmdir, also you might find user comments on rmdir useful.

EDIT:

added basepath to the second parameter to the copy function which has to be an actual path and not a directory.

edited Jul 26 '14 at 12:14

answered Jul 25 '14 at 15:22

Prasanth

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this kinda works, it removes the images and the folder but does not copy the images into the new-folder – user3723240 Jul 25 '14 at 15:29
im going to try to change the permissions of the image before copying it in the foreach – user3723240 Jul 25 '14 at 15:35
see my reply, I made some changes to the code above. – MilMike Jul 25 '14 at 15:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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<?php

$src = 'pictures';
$dst = 'dest';
$files = glob("pictures/*.*");
      foreach($files as $file){
      $file_to_go = str_replace($src,$dst,$file);
      copy($file, $file_to_go);
      }

?>

Found here: PHP copy all files in a directory to another?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Jul 25 '14 at 15:42

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '14 at 15:54

Here is a modified version from @Prasanth that should work (not tested)

<?php
    $oldfolder = 'images/new-folder';
    $newfolder = 'images/old-folder';

    $files = glob($oldfolder . '/*');

    foreach($files as $file){
        $filename = basename($file);
        copy($file,  $oldfolder . '/' . $filename);
        unlink($file);
    }
    rmdir($oldfolder);
?>

PHP copy all images folder from one folder to another

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