Moving file from one place to another

Question

I am trying to move a file from one place to another with PHP. All of my attempts have failed. I have tried:

rename("C:\Users\Eli\Desktop\NEWWAMP\wamp\www\Tyler\whaley.html", "C:\Users\Eli\Desktop\NEWWAMP\wamp\www\Tyler\Games\whaley.html");

and:

rename("whaley.html", "Games/whaley.html");

and I get errors for both of those.

See the link for a visual of my problem.

does the user running php have write access on the file/directory ? — Bob Nocraz, Feb 11 '16 at 15:46
Have you tried using: "C:\\Users\\Eli\\Desktop\\NEWWAMP\\wamp\\www\\Tyler\\whaley.htm" ? — marcellorvalle, Feb 11 '16 at 15:50
@BobNocraz these are absolute on windows only when he uploads this to server that is based on linux it won't work, I suggest `realpath()` with `__FILE__` or `__DIR__` — Robert, Feb 11 '16 at 15:53
Possible duplicate of [PHP - Move a file into a different folder on the server](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19139434/php-move-a-file-into-a-different-folder-on-the-server) — Peyman Mohamadpour, Feb 11 '16 at 17:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 12 '16 at 09:52

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copy (string source, string dest)

edited Feb 12 '16 at 09:52

Misa Lazovic

answered Feb 11 '16 at 15:50

Michael

copy does not move file it copies file as the name of function says – Robert Feb 11 '16 at 15:54
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Moving is *almost* the same as copying and then removing the source file. :) – Werner Feb 11 '16 at 16:06
@Mitch not quite because manual says http://php.net/rename "Attempts to rename oldname to newname, moving it between directories if necessary" – Robert Feb 11 '16 at 21:13

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