Moving or copying a directory of files in linux

[wheeler08]

I have already done my home work on this, but can't seem to find a solution that works. I am not sure if it is path related or command related. Here is what I have tried so far:

$sourcePath = "/home/user1/public_html/unzipped/*.jpg";
$destinationPath = "/home/digitech/public_html/photos/";

copy ($sourcePath, $destinationPath);

This seems to only work if I put the full path of a SINGLE file and the destination path with a file name as well. I need to copy or move the entire folder.

I have also tried:

exec('copy /home/user1/public_html/unzipped/*.jpg 
/home/digitech/public_html/photos/');

This command works at the linux shell, but not from here. I know the exec() function is working because I can execute other commands such as 'ls'.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[sneakyimp]

i don't know for certain, but there are some restrictions you need to worry about.

1) is your server in safe mode? if so, certain operations might be restricted.

2) what about permissions? php scripts generally run as some particular user on your machine so when you try to create files or read certain directories, permission may be denied

also, you might want to try using a variant of exec that returns error results. don't know what these are off the top of my head. try php.net