How do i move a file from one directory to another in php?

I need to allow users on my website to delete their images off the server after they have uploaded them if they no longer want them. I was previously using the unlink function in PHP but have since been told that this can be quite risky and a security issue. (Previous code below:)

if(unlink($path.'image1.jpg')){ // deleted }

Instead i now want to simply move the file into a different folder. This must be able to be done a long time after they have first uploaded the file so any time they log into their account. If i have the main folder which stores the users image(s):

user/

and then within that a folder called del which is the destination to put their unwanted images:

user/del/

Is there a command to move a file into a different folder? So that say:

user/image1.jpg

moves to/becomes

user/del/image1.jpg

asked Oct 2, 2013 at 14:28

The rename function does this

docs rename

rename('image1.jpg', 'del/image1.jpg');

If you want to keep the existing file on the same place you should use copy

docs copy

copy('image1.jpg', 'del/image1.jpg');

If you want to move an uploaded file use the move_uploaded_file, although this is almost the same as rename this function also checks that the given file is a file that was uploaded via the POST, this prevents for example that a local file is moved

docs move_uploaded_file

$uploads_dir = '/uploads'; foreach ($_FILES["pictures"]["error"] as $key => $error) { if ($error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) { $tmp_name = $_FILES["pictures"]["tmp_name"][$key]; $name = $_FILES["pictures"]["name"][$key]; move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, "$uploads_dir/$name"); } }

code snipet from docs

answered Oct 2, 2013 at 14:33

MKroedersMKroeders

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Use the rename() function.

rename("user/image1.jpg", "user/del/image1.jpg");

answered Oct 2, 2013 at 14:32

Ben FortuneBen Fortune

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If you want to move the file in new path with keep original file name. use this:

$source_file = 'foo/image.jpg'; $destination_path = 'bar/'; rename($source_file, $destination_path . pathinfo($source_file, PATHINFO_BASENAME));

answered Jan 24, 2018 at 16:38

Nabi K.A.Z.Nabi K.A.Z.

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I using shell read all data file then assign to array. Then i move file in top position.

i=0 for file in /home/*.gz; do $file arr[i]=$file i=$((i+1)) done mv -f "${arr[0]}" /var/www/html/

answered Mar 22, 2019 at 9:52

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Some solution is first to copy() the file (as mentioned above) and when the destination file exists - unlink() file from previous localization. Additionally you can validate the MD5 checksum before unlinking to be sure

answered Nov 6, 2018 at 13:25

quardasquardas

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Create a function to move it:

function move_file($file, $to){ $path_parts = pathinfo($file); $newplace = "$to/{$path_parts['basename']}"; if(rename($file, $newplace)) return $newplace; return null; }

answered Mar 19, 2019 at 16:49

MarceloMarcelo

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use copy() and unlink() function

$moveFile="path/filename"; if (copy($csvFile,$moveFile)) { unlink($csvFile); }

answered Mar 20, 2019 at 10:00

Use file this code

function move_file($path,$to){ if(copy($path, $to)){ unlink($path); return true; } else { return false; } }

answered Jan 17, 2021 at 18:03

function xmove($src,$dst) { if(is_dir($src)===true) { $dir=opendir($src); while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) { if ($file === '.' || $file === '..') { continue; } if (is_dir($src."/".$file) === true) { if (is_dir("$dst/$file") === false) { mkdir("$dst/$file"); } //echo basename("$file")."<br>"; xmove($src."/".$file,$dst."/".$file); } else { copy("$src/$file", "$dst/$file"); unlink("$src/$file"); } } closedir($dir); rmdir($src); return true; }else return false; }

answered Nov 1, 2021 at 17:29

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shell_exec('mv filename dest_filename');

answered Sep 21, 2018 at 6:28

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