PHP copy() works on localhost(wamp) but not on my real web domain

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PHP copy() works on localhost(wamp) but not on my real web domain

ok so i'm trying to copy file.xml into another location something like copy('file.xml',../../folder/newfile.xml) ; it works just fine on my wamp virtual server but on my real site it doesn't. i thought that is something related to chmod and i changed the file.xml to 0777(with a ftp client).

is there something that i should put in my code to make it right? or what?

Copy is a pretty straigtforward function. As Mark said, it's perhaps a host issue.

Jason Leveille 2009-11-09 04:56:42

and if the my host doesn't give me permision to copy files is there a way to change this with a .htaccess ?

kmunky 2009-11-09 05:04:47

@kmunky - if they're disallowing the function, overriding with a `.htaccess`, while maybe possible, would likely be grounds for getting your account killed

warren 2009-11-09 05:11:33

i just read the php configuration on my account and it says nothing about copy(), but i still think that this is the only plausible cause. i'll try that function that you pointed me at. thanks

kmunky 2009-11-09 05:16:03

ok...so i partially discovered the problem...it's not from copy restrictions...i realized that even that i set my folder access to 0777 when i create it like so mkdir($total_path,"0777"), when i check it's chmod i get a 411 permision...do you have any idea why that happens ? thanks

kmunky 2009-11-09 05:40:22

Your mode should not contain quotes. Try mkdir($total_path, 0777);

Jason Leveille 2009-11-09 13:41:19

It might be that you don't have permissions to the folder you are trying to copy to or as mentioned your host doesn't give PHP necessary permissions for copy.

Myles 2009-11-09 04:56:51

a forgot to mention, first of all i create the folder that i'm copying the file in, and i create it with a chmod of 0777

kmunky 2009-11-09 05:03:09

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