Ben Stones wrote: > Ok, here is my code (mind it is a bit messy I was just testing to see if it > works first of without success): > > if($_GET['act'] == "update") { > $check_exists=file_exists($_GET['file']); > if($check_exists==1) { > if(copy($_GET['file'],$_GET['file'])) { > echo 5; > } > else { > echo $_GET['file']; > } > } > } > > Obviously it doesn't echo 5, it just echo's the file name which is a sign it > isn't copying. If I change it to: copy($_GET['file'],"Hello/".$_GET['file']) > it copies file, and sure enough I check the directory to find it has copied > too. This code is in a seperate directory and I have changed both that > directory, the Hello directory and the file being copied to 777 permissions > but no luck. I noticed the following in the error_log: > > [14-Oct-2008 18:07:38] PHP Warning: copy(/index.php) [<a > href='function.copy'>function.copy</a>]: failed to open stream: Permission > denied in /home/vinat/public_html/Files/test.php on line 31 > Any help appreciated! > your source and destination are the same. you can't do that. Even windows cries when you try that.. :) -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php