I tried searching the forum but cant find an answer to using variables in a copy(src,dst) function on a live hosted unix website.

I have php code in a folder /userforms and audio files in folders

/userforms/files/ and
/userforms/files/path1/

if I write a php literal test and put it in /userforms/ as follows


<?php
copy("./files/haha.txt","./files/path1/haha.txt");

copy('./files/1293437254.mp3','./files/path1/1293437254.mp3');

then it works OK

But if I write it thus... echoing the variables with _,_ seperating them
for clarity in the echo statement only


$src= "./files";
$dst= "./files/path1/";
$mysrc = "'". $src . $usr_filename ."'" ;
$mydst = "'". $dst . $usr_filename ."'";
echo $mysrc ." _,_ ". $mydst;

copy( $mysrc , $mydst);

then I get displayed


'./files/1293437254.mp3' _,_ './files/path1/1293437254.mp3'

Warning: copy('./files/1293437254.mp3') [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mysite/public_html/jackson/userforms/upd_file.php on line 70


I have tried with site path (my www.website) as
/home/mysite/public_html/jackson/userforms/files/

but same result

Why are you concatenating quotes to the source and destination vars? Try:

PHP Code:

$src= "./files";
$dst= "./files/path1/";
$mysrc = $src . $usr_filename; 
$mydst = $dst . $usr_filename;
echo $mysrc ." _,_ ". $mydst;

copy( $mysrc , $mydst); 


Yes correct - better php coding, but same result.

The question is - Why literals work and variables dont ?

result with your code as follows

./files1293437254.mp3 _,_ ./files/path1/1293437254.mp3
Warning: copy(./files1293437254.mp3) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mysite/public_html/jackson/userforms/upd_file.php on line 82

When in doubt try another file.

In the time I was testing, the database containing the filenames was not updated. Another program, Express Scribe had downloaded and deleted the file. (the full web app distributes files to users and they download using Express Scribe)

Also exposes another web tester flaw, humans often keep testing with the same filename, assuming its still there. This copy function is being added to split files into specific folders when assigned to users because Express Scribe downloads all the files it finds .

My humbles appologies - bugfix done.

Originally Posted by videocen

Yes correct - better php coding, but same result.

I'm pretty sure that it is not just a matter of better or worse code. With quotes it won't be a valid filename.

I just tested this:

PHP Code:

echo (int) file_exists('\'somefile.php\''); //outputs 0

echo (int) file_exists('somefile.php'); //outputs 1 


Anyways... glad to see you got it fixed.

You need to add a directory seperator to the end of the path:

$src = "./files/";