Comments on: Recursively copying directories in PHP

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:23:06 +0000

Hi again,

I added a few lines of code for the following reasons:

- I added a $return variable for the recursive function to prevent a mistaken TRUE return value.
- I added a chmod for folders, so that I can delete them off the server via ftp.
- (I also added an array to the parameters for folders who’s content I don’t want to copy)

http://www.dickinson.ch/public_code/php_dirs_copy.txt

I also created a second function to delete folders and files recursively, which I needed after having run your test-program on the original code (deleting the folders and files over ftp was impossible, and when I used filezilla, it went into an infinite loop – supposedly because of the symbolic links).

http://www.dickinson.ch/public_code/php_dirs_delete.txt

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:57:50 +0000

Hi Aidan,
Thanks for sharing a great function. Just one remark. It seems to me like your recursive calling of copyr() at line 37 should take into consideration the return value, and if ever it is false, return false at the end of the function. Otherwise your function will always return true, as long as the first level of recursion returns no errors. Errors that happen in the deeper levels of your recursion are never reported back to the original caller of the function, no? Let me know if I’m missing something here.
Cheers,
Chris

By: Fandi

Fandi — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:32:03 +0000

Saved me a lot of time. Thanks a lot.

By: vivek

vivek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:02 +0000

very good coding. It’s very useful..
Thanks…

By: rillwose

rillwose — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:22:42 +0000

Thanks for the awesome script, I have pretty much got it working as I want. BUT in running the initial testing that you provide above, there are now two folders on my web server that I cannot delete. I can move them around, but they just don’t seem to delete.

Any ideas?

By: Aidan Lister

Aidan Lister — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:46:18 +0000

Hi Nightmoon,

Glad you liked the function! Your feedback is donation enough, good luck with the project.

By: Nightmoon Eagle

Nightmoon Eagle — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:18:44 +0000

I have been commissioned to provide a univeral installation system for a company that has several php-based content/database management systems. I have used this copy function (copied asis into it’s own file) without a hitch. Very nice work, and is there somewhere I can send a donation?

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:46:53 +0000

Thanks very much. I was looking for such a function today and this one is perfect

By: Koza

Koza — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:59:35 +0000

Wow, This is my FIRST work script !

By: Forumarket2002

Forumarket2002 — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:23:28 +0000

Excellent script it works perfectly.
If you are looking to try to make the exec (cp) work, this is easier for real