PHP Manual . Prev . Next . PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) copy -- Copies file . int copy ( string source, string dest) . Makes a copy of a file. Returns TRUE if the copy succeeded, FALSE otherwise. Example 1. copy() example . if (!copy($file, $file.'.bak')) { print ("failed to copy $file...<br>\n"); } . ... See also move_uploaded_file() , rename() , and the section of the manual about handling file uploads . ...