How to make a copy when using rename() command?

Question

Hello so I have this piece of code

$old_name = "C:\\inetpub\\users\\john\\cars.properties";
$new_name = "toys.properties";

rename($old_name, $new_name) ;

It changes the name of cars.properties to toys.properties but I dont really want to change the original cars.properties file, is it possible to the code itself can make a copy instead of me making a shortcut? If so I would really appreciate it!

Answer 1

@phpscrub simply by setting it this way:

$old_name = "C:\\inetpub\\users\\john\\cars.properties";
$new_name = "C:\\inetpub\\users\\john\\toys.properties";

// copy and rename at same time ;-)
copy($old_name, $new_name);

so the cars.properties file will be copied to the new file renamed toys.properties