i want to copy a file in php. But, I am having a problem that is not a syntax one. knowing that i already did the chmod command for the file to be able to copy and changed !! here is my codes:
this code is not working !
<?php
$file = 'example.txt';
$newdir = '/home/Dell/Desktop';
$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';
echo "Trying to copy $file...<br><br> ";
echo' loading .... <br>';
echo' loading .... <br>';
if (!copy($file, $newdir.'example.txt.bak')) {
echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
else {
echo' the file should be in'. $newdir;
}
//this code is working cause I have changed the location to /var/www/ directory!!!
$file = 'example.txt';
$newdir = '/var/www/';
$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';
echo "Trying to copy $file...<br><br> ";
echo' loading .... <br>';
echo' loading .... <br>';
if (!copy($file, $newdir.'example.txt.bak')) {
echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
else {
echo' the file should be in'. $newdir;
}
?>
I have tried:
move_uploaded_file()
copy()
rename()
And nothing works !!. please please help here.
It's not PHP, it's Apache. Your Apache user does not have access (or simply, not allowed) to write to the directory given.
Here's the solution:
awk -F= '$1 == "export APACHE_RUN_GROUP" {print $2}' /etc/apache2/envvars. If you are in ubuntu and using Apache2, the default user and group would be www-data./home/Dell/Desktop) by executing sudo chown :www-data /home/Dell/Desktop -R/home/Dell/Desktop) by executing sudo chown :www-data /home/Dell/Desktop && sudo chmod 775 /home/Dell/Desktop && sudo find /home/Dell/Desktop -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \; && sudo find /home/Dell/Desktop -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;