Move a file from directory to another using PHP - php

Question

I have a file on one application folder of codiginitor and I want to copy that file to another application folder of codignitor in another directory.
I have tried below code but it doesn't seem to be working:
$file = 'http://xxxxxx/jakson_solar/ftp.php';
$newfile = './mobile_image/transfer/';
if ( copy($file, $newfile) ) {
echo "Copy success!"; die;
}else{
echo "Copy failed."; die;
}
is there another way to copy file from one directory to another directory?

Answer 1

copy requires as first parameter an input file and as second parameter an output file
So do it this way
$file = 'path_to/ftp.php';
$newfile = './mobile_image/transfer/ftp.php';
if ( copy($file, $newfile) ) {
echo "Copy success!"; die;
} else {
echo "Copy failed."; die;
}

Answer 2

#dev please find the code below for your needs
// 1 check if your input from the form is not empty
if ((isset($_FILES['file']))){
// 2. files inside the session
$_SESSION['FILES'] = $_FILES;
// 3. your path
$PATH = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/mobile_image/transfer/";
// 4. temporary name -> optional step but recommended
$TEMP_NAME = explode(".",$_FILES["file"]);
// 5. new name of the file
$NAME_NEW = substr(number_format(time() * rand(),0,'',''),0,20) . '.' .end($TEMP_NAME);
$UPLOAD_FILE = $PATH . basename($NAME_NEW);
// 6. check before moving the file that is not empty
if (isset($UPLOAD_FILE)) {
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file'], $PATH); }
// 7. custom errors
$json = array();
$json['status'] = "OK";
$json['message'] = 'File moved successfully';
echo json_encode($json);
}else{
// 7. custom errors
$json = array();
$json['status'] = "NO FILE";
$json['message'] = 'No files found';
echo json_encode($json);
}