Bug #64487 [Opn->Nab]: error move files

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64487&edit=1 ID: 64487 Updated by: yohgaki@php.net Reported by: info at djdb dot be Summary: error move files -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php rename() is not a "mv". You must specify filename, not dir of the destination. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-29 21:08:56] mhitza at gmail dot com Nope. This issues a warning message when trying to do the move, and doesn't remove the source file <?php file_put_contents("text", " "); rename("text", "/text"); PHP Warning: rename(/text): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /tmp/file.php on line 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-22 10:25:27] info at djdb dot be Description: ------------ When you move a file like code public function Movetobackup($file){ rename($this->HOME.$this->download.$file, $this->HOME.$this->backup.$file);//TODO BEFORE UPLOAD UNCOMMENT if($this->debug){print "!!! $file moved!!!";} //touch($dest, filemtime($src));//reset of the time of a file } then wil i lost te file when php has not access to the dest dir. so i think it is a important issiue Test script: --------------- class classe1 { private $dir = ""; public function Movetobackup($file,$dir){ rename($this->dir.$file, $dir.$file);//TODO BEFORE UPLOAD UNCOMMENT if($this->debug){print "!!! $file moved!!!";} //touch($dest, filemtime($src));//reset of the time of a file } } $test = new classe1(); $test->move("myfile.txt","/newdir"); Expected result: ---------------- Actual result: -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64487&edit=1