Copy and rename directory

[blekfis]

I've got a directory called "alfa" that contains both files of various types and subdirectories with files. I'd like to be able to create a new directory named "beta" and copy all the files and subdirectories from "alfa" into "beta". All should be done in PHP...

Is it possible (dumb quetion!) and how to do it?

//N!cklas

 

[jpadie]

this script is taken from the php manual. i have no idea whether it works but it looks ok

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// cp function/////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
       function cp($wf, $wto){ // it moves $wf to $wto
               mkdir($wto,0777);
               $arr=ls_a($wf);
               foreach ($arr as $fn){
                      if($fn){
                               $fl="$wf/$fn";
                               $flto="$wto/$fn";
                        if(is_dir($fl)) cp($fl,$flto);
                               else copy($fl,$flto);
                       }
               }
       }
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// ls_a function////////////////////////
       // This function lists a directory.
       // ANd is needed for the cp function.
       function ls_a($wh){ 
         if ($handle = opendir($wh)) {
               while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { 
                      if ($file != "." && $file != ".." ) { 
                                    if(!$files) $files="$file";
                                    else $files="$file\n$files"; 
                       } 
               }
               closedir($handle); 
         }
         $arr=explode("\n",$files);
         return $arr;
       }