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PHP Copy Entire Directory To Another Directory

This is a PHP function that copy an entire specified directory/folder includes its sub directories/folders and files to another folder/directory.

1. PHP Copy Entire Directory Recursively

<?php
	function copy_directory( $source, $destination ) {
		if ( is_dir( $source ) ) {
			@mkdir( $destination );
			$directory = dir( $source );
			while ( FALSE !== ( $readdirectory = $directory->read() ) ) {
				if ( $readdirectory == '.' || $readdirectory == '..' ) {
					continue;
				}
				$PathDir = $source . '/' . $readdirectory;
				if ( is_dir( $PathDir ) ) {
					copy_directory( $PathDir, $destination . '/' . $readdirectory );
					continue;
				}
				copy( $PathDir, $destination . '/' . $readdirectory );
			}
 
			$directory->close();
		}
		else {
			copy( $source, $destination );
		}
	}
?>

2. Usage Copy Entire Directory Function

<?php
	copy_directory("D:/dev/web/htdocs/4rapiddev/database", "D:/dev/web/htdocs/4rapiddev/backup/database");
	copy_directory("D:/dev/web/htdocs/4rapiddev/logs", "D:/dev/web/htdocs/4rapiddev/backup/logs");
?>

Note:

  • 1. The destination directory/folder must have write permission or in a writable directory
  • 2. After copy the directory to another place, we may need to completely delete this in order to save our web space.
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