move all files in a folder to another?

Question

when moving one file from one location to another i use

rename('path/filename', newpath/filename');

how do you move all files in a folder to another folder? tried this one without result:

rename('path/*', 'newpath/*');

Answer 1

A slightly verbose solution:

    // Get array of all source files
    $files = scandir("source");
    // Identify directories
    $source = "source/";
    $destination = "destination/";
    // Cycle through all source files
    foreach ($files as $file) {
      if (in_array($file, array(".",".."))) continue;
      // If we copied this successfully, mark it for deletion
      if (copy($source.$file, $destination.$file)) {
        $delete[] = $source.$file;
      }
    }
    // Delete all successfully-copied files
    foreach ($delete as $file) {
      unlink($file);
    }

Answer 2

try this: rename('path/*', 'newpath/');

I do not see a point in having an asterisk in the destination

Answer 3

If the target directory doesn't exist, you'll need to create it first:

mkdir('newpath');
rename('path/*', 'newpath/');

Answer 4

An alternate using rename() and with some error checking:

$srcDir = 'dir1';
$destDir = 'dir2';

if (file_exists($destDir)) {
  if (is_dir($destDir)) {
    if (is_writable($destDir)) {
      if ($handle = opendir($srcDir)) {
        while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
          if (is_file($srcDir . '/' . $file)) {
            rename($srcDir . '/' . $file, $destDir . '/' . $file);
          }
        }
        closedir($handle);
      } else {
        echo "$srcDir could not be opened.\n";
      }
    } else {
      echo "$destDir is not writable!\n";
    }
  } else {
    echo "$destDir is not a directory!\n";
  }
} else {
  echo "$destDir does not exist\n";
}