creating and writing to files, inside a sub-folder

[diamonds]

I know the solution is quite simple, but iv'e been working my brain for too long now.

I want PHP to create a folder, if it doen't alredy exist.
that part works fine. than i want it to copy a file from one place to inside the created folder--thats where the errors are:

Warning: copy(/new_script/index2.php ): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in .../copy.php on line 26

line 26:
copy('http:// ... files/'.$file,'/new_script/'.$file);
Yes, there really is somthing replaced by the ' ... '
yes, fopen-wrapper is enabled.
I have tried it without the start slash for the 2nd property, too.

any help is good.

[PunkSktBrdr01]

You have a comma instead of a period after the first $file.

[diamonds]

basicly, the variables replaced with their values are
copy("http://SERVER/files/file1.txt","/new_script/index1.php")

I don't think you see there is a comma after the first $file

this is exactly how the text appears in the main post:
copy('http:// ... files/'.$file,'/new_script/'.$file);

[diamonds]

ive narrowed it down to a totally freak variable bug.


copy($server.'files/'.$s.$ext,realpath('new_script'.'/index1.txt')); //totally works

copy($server.'files/'.$s.$ext,realpath('new_script'.$file)); //totally gives an error

echo $file;//prints '/index1.txt'


the variable $file is equel to '/index1.php' and, using it, it gives an error. however , replacing it with its string equivelant, '/index1.txt', it works fine.

do you think this is a bug in PHP?

[PunkSktBrdr01]

Not sure if it would make a difference, but try adding the slash to the "new_script" part and removing the slash from the file name.