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JFile::copy

Description

Copies a file.

public static function copy (
        $src
        $dest
        $path=null
        $use_streams=false
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$src	string		The path to the source file
$dest	string		The path to the destination file
$path	string	null	An optional base path to prefix to the file names
$use_streams		false

• Returns boolean True on success
• Defined on line 77 of libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php
• Since
• Referenced by
  • JInstaller::copyFiles
  • JArchive::extract

See also

• JFile::copy source code on BitBucket
• Class JFile
• Subpackage Filesystem
• Other versions of JFile::copy

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