folder creation.

[phpn00bf4life]

hey guys, i'm curious is possible to copy a folder and make it a new name (possibly a form post)?? if so, point me to some good tutorials or help explain it, thanks for your time 😃

[thorpe]

[man]copy/man

[phpn00bf4life]

so i can go

 
<?php 
$folder = "test/";
$new = md5($_POST['username']);
$copy = copy($folder,$new);
if(!$copy){
echo'falied to copy';
} else {
echo'folder created';
}

and that will work? 🙂

[thorpe]

no, the md5 will stuff up your directory structure. also, you might note, this will not copy the contents of said directory.

[phpn00bf4life]

so i have to copy every file?

[thorpe]

or write your own function to do it for you.

untested:

<?php

function copyr($source,$dest) {
  if (is_file($source)) {
    return copy($source, $dest);

  }
  if (!is_dir($dest)) {
    mkdir($dest);

  }
  $dir = dir($source);
  while (false !== $entry = $dir->read()) {
    if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
      continue;

}
if ($dest !== "$source/$entry") {
  copyr("$source/$entry", "$dest/$entry");

}

  }
  $dir->close();
  return true;

}

?>

[phpn00bf4life]

k i'll try it soon :p (bed for now) thx cya