PHP 'copy' not working

Question

Can anybody tell me why this function isn't copying the file at all?

$pluginfile = get_bloginfo('template_url') . '/wp-content/plugins/supersqueeze/supersqueeze.php';

$urlparts = get_bloginfo('template_url');
$homeurl = home_url();
$urlstrip = str_replace($homeurl, '..', $urlparts);
$urldest = $urlstrip . '/supersqueeze.php';

function copyemz(){ 
global $pluginfile; global $urldest;
if(!@copy($pluginfile,$urldest)) {
        $errors= error_get_last();

    }
}

This file is run from /public_html/wp-admin/plugins.php

I need it to copy the file at ($pluginfile) /public_html/wp-content/plugins/supersqueeze/supersqueeze.php

to ($urldest) /public_html/wp-content/themes/[active wordpress theme] - of course replacing [active wordpress theme] with the directory of the theme.

This is one of the places where you don't want to use the error suppression @ operator. Unless you have a pro hoster with suexec/fastcgi-php, then it's probably a permission problem. — mario
– mario, Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 6:25
Why did you put "@" before copy? Remove it and you'll get exact error, not guesses. — zerkms
– zerkms, Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 6:26
Warning: copy(localhost/wordpress/wp-content/themes/striking/supersqueeze.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections in C:\xampp\htdocs\test.php on line 4 Array — Jared
– Jared, Commented Jan 11, 2011 at 6:29

webbiedave · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-11 06:25:37Z

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You need to ensure that you have write permissions to /public_html/wp-content/themes/[active wordpress theme] as well as any other files you may be overwriting.

answered Jan 11, 2011 at 6:25

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Jared Over a year ago

Wow come to think of it, I thought I edited the permissions but apparently I didn't. Thanks for reminding me! Lol.

mario · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-11 06:37:43Z

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So, the second parameter to copy() must be a local file. Make sure it is also a writable destination (chmod) like webbiedave said.

$desturl = "./supersqueeze.php";

The reason is two-fold. PHPs http stream wrappers don't support POSTing or PUTing files, which a write-to action would require. Second, your webserver probably wouldn't support HTTP PUT either. (Though a small requesthandler script could handle such.)

answered Jan 11, 2011 at 6:37

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