move all files and folders in a folder to another?

Question

I want to move all files and folders inside a folder to another folder. I found a code to copy all files inside a folder to another folder. move all files in a folder to another

// 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);
}

How do I change this to move all folders and files inside this folder to another folder.

possible duplicate of [Copy all files and folder from one directory to another directory PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1513618/copy-all-files-and-folder-from-one-directory-to-another-directory-php) — Jan Hančič, Mar 23 '12 at 07:30

Baba · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-23T07:48:12.370

This is what i use

   // Function to remove folders and files 
    function rrmdir($dir) {
        if (is_dir($dir)) {
            $files = scandir($dir);
            foreach ($files as $file)
                if ($file != "." && $file != "..") rrmdir("$dir/$file");
            rmdir($dir);
        }
        else if (file_exists($dir)) unlink($dir);
    }

    // Function to Copy folders and files       
    function rcopy($src, $dst) {
        if (file_exists ( $dst ))
            rrmdir ( $dst );
        if (is_dir ( $src )) {
            mkdir ( $dst );
            $files = scandir ( $src );
            foreach ( $files as $file )
                if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
                    rcopy ( "$src/$file", "$dst/$file" );
        } else if (file_exists ( $src ))
            copy ( $src, $dst );
    }

Usage

    rcopy($source , $destination );

Another example without deleting destination file or folder

    function recurse_copy($src,$dst) { 
        $dir = opendir($src); 
        @mkdir($dst); 
        while(false !== ( $file = readdir($dir)) ) { 
            if (( $file != '.' ) && ( $file != '..' )) { 
                if ( is_dir($src . '/' . $file) ) { 
                    recurse_copy($src . '/' . $file,$dst . '/' . $file); 
                } 
                else { 
                    copy($src . '/' . $file,$dst . '/' . $file); 
                } 
            } 
        } 
        closedir($dir); 
    }

Please See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.copy.php for more juicy examples

Thanks :)

I know this is old post but still - dont you need to use DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR instead of '/' for system compatibility? — Edgars Aivars, Feb 01 '18 at 11:54

Joni · Answer 2 · 2013-03-01T09:48:12.700

19

Use rename instead of copy.

Unlike the C function with the same name, rename can move a file from one file system to another (since PHP 4.3.3 on Unix and since PHP 5.3.1 on Windows).

edited Mar 01 '13 at 09:48

answered Mar 23 '12 at 07:38

Joni

105,306
12
136
187

Thanks for giving your precious time to answer for the problem ...but i sure it is not relevant with the issue ..your answer only work for **files** and not for folder. – shaan gola Aug 03 '17 at 06:48
Beware is trying to use `rename` from different disks (ex: EC2 to EFS) as PHP will throw a "copy" error as seen in this bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54097 – Bing Jun 13 '20 at 21:03

T.Todua · Answer 3 · 2018-11-16T15:06:38.320

12

You need the custom function:

Move_Folder_To("./path/old_folder_name",   "./path/new_folder_name");

function code:

function Move_Folder_To($source, $target){
    if( !is_dir($target) ) mkdir(dirname($target),null,true);
    rename( $source,  $target);
}

edited Nov 16 '18 at 15:06

answered Jul 22 '13 at 16:38

T.Todua

49,021
18
212
206

1

This work only if the parent path exists. For example `rename( "./path/old_folder_name", "./NEWpath/new_folder_name" );` doesn't work. In this case you should create the dir with `mkdir(dirname("./NEWpath/new_folder_name"),null,true);` – Tobia May 23 '18 at 15:04

score 11 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 09 '13 at 19:27

11

Think this should do the trick: http://php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php

shell_exec("mv sourcedirectory path_to_destination");

Hope this help.

edited Mar 09 '13 at 19:27

Sebas

20,491
9
53
107

answered Mar 23 '12 at 07:46

metalfight - user868766

2,692
1
14
20

chybeat · Answer 5 · 2019-01-16T04:32:35.970

I think the answers are not complete for me, beacuse DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR are not defined on any answer (thans to Edgar Aivars for remember that!), but I want to write my solution for move (rename), copy and delete directory structures (based on this post info, the credits are for yours!).

defined('DS') ? NULL : define('DS',DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

function full_move($src, $dst){
    full_copy($src, $dst);
    full_remove($src);
}

function full_copy($src, $dst) {
    if (is_dir($src)) {
        @mkdir( $dst, 0777 ,TRUE);
        $files = scandir($src);
        foreach($files as $file){
            if ($file != "." && $file != ".."){
                full_copy("$src".DS."$file", "$dst".DS."$file");
            }
        }
    } else if (file_exists($src)){
        copy($src, $dst);
    }
}

function full_remove($dir) {
    if (is_dir($dir)) {
        $files = scandir($dir);
        foreach ($files as $file){
            if ($file != "." && $file != ".."){
                full_remove("$dir".DS."$file");
            }
        }
        rmdir($dir);
    }else if (file_exists($dir)){
        unlink($dir);
    }
}

I hope this hepls anyone! (lile me in the future :D )

EDIT: Spell corrections... :(

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 22 '15 at 05:53

$src = 'user_data/company_2/T1/';
$dst = 'user_data/company_2/T2/T1/';

rcopy($src, $dst);  // Call function 
// Function to Copy folders and files       
function rcopy($src, $dst) {
    if (file_exists ( $dst ))
        rrmdir ( $dst );
    if (is_dir ( $src )) {
        mkdir ( $dst );
        $files = scandir ( $src );
        foreach ( $files as $file )
            if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
                rcopy ( "$src/$file", "$dst/$file" );

    } else if (file_exists ( $src ))
        copy ( $src, $dst );
                    rrmdir ( $src );
}       

// Function to remove folders and files 
function rrmdir($dir) {
    if (is_dir($dir)) {
        $files = scandir($dir);
        foreach ($files as $file)
            if ($file != "." && $file != "..") rrmdir("$dir/$file");
        rmdir($dir);
    }
    else if (file_exists($dir)) unlink($dir);
}

Nice this works.. I didn't have to refactor this code :) – Ifeanyi Amadi Sep 09 '20 at 23:17 — Ifeanyi Amadi, Sep 09 '20 at 23:17

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 16 '17 at 04:32

I use it

// function used to copy full directory structure from source to target
function full_copy( $source, $target )
{
    if ( is_dir( $source ) )
    {
        mkdir( $target, 0777 );
        $d = dir( $source );

        while ( FALSE !== ( $entry = $d->read() ) )
        {
            if ( $entry == '.' || $entry == '..' )
            {
                continue;
            }

            $Entry = $source . '/' . $entry;           
            if ( is_dir( $Entry ) )
            {
                full_copy( $Entry, $target . '/' . $entry );
                continue;
            }
            copy( $Entry, $target . '/' . $entry );
        }

        $d->close();

    } else {
        copy( $source, $target );
    }
}

move all files and folders in a folder to another?

7 Answers7

Linked

Related