So I just declare at the beginning: if(!is_dir($to_path)) mkdir($to_path, 0777);
The code works. But how can I make sure $from_path exists first and fails if not? Same thing? if(!is_dir($from_path)) { echo "failed"; exit; } The first time I ran it, I ran it with a non-existing $from_path directory and the function ran anyways. I thought the function had a built-in safe-guard? ---------snip-------------- if(!is_dir($from_path)) { echo "failed"; exit; }else{ rec_copy($from_path, $to_path); echo "files copies from $from_path and backed up to $to_path"; } ######################################################################### function rec_copy ($from_path, $to_path) { if(!is_dir($to_path)) mkdir($to_path, 0777); #if(mkdir($to_path, 0777)) # {mkdir($to_path, 0777);} $this_path = getcwd(); if (is_dir($from_path)) { chdir($from_path); $handle=opendir('.'); while (($file = readdir($handle))!==false) { if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..")) { if (is_dir($file)) { rec_copy ($from_path.$file."/", $to_path.$file."/"); chdir($from_path); }else{ # echo "error if (is_dir($file))<br>"; } if (is_file($file)) { copy($from_path.$file, $to_path.$file); }else{ # echo "error copy($from_path.$file, $to_path.$file)<br>"; } }#end (($file != ".") }#end while (($file closedir($handle); }# end if (is_dir else{ # echo "if (is_dir($from_path))<br>"; } }# end function > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.copy.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php