PHP File Functions

PHP have plenty of other functions related to file operations. below section will describe some of important file functions.

Copy File Function

PHP Provides copy function which will move files from one directory to another and etc. copy function can also rename the file.

Copy Code 


	<?php
	//Copy file
	copy("file.txt","data/file1.txt") or die("File not found");
	?>

File Exists Function Example

File Exists function provide the functionality to check whether files exists or not before performing any operation on file.

Copy Code 


	<?php
	//Check File Exists or not ?
	if(file_exists("file.txt")){
		echo 'file exists';
	}else{
		echo 'file does not exists';
	}
	?>

File Move/Rename Function Example

PHP Copy function also provide the functionality to rename the file but the proper method to rename/move the file is rename function.

Copy Code 


	<?php
	//Move or Rename the file
	rename("file.txt","data/file1.txt") or die("File not found");
	?>

File Delete Function

PHP provides the delete function to remove the file during runtime.

Copy Code 


	<?php
	//Deleting the file
	if(unlink("file.txt")){
		echo "File has been deleted";
	}else{
		echo "unable to delete file";
	}
	?>