Re: Renaming Files

On 3 Sep, Andrew V. Romero wrote: > I have been teaching myself php lately, but I can't figure out how to > rename files. > I created a php file that has a line in it: > rename("test.txt","testing.txt"); > but when I run this script, it gives me an error > "Warning: Rename failed (No such file or directory) in c:\program > files\apache group\apache\htdocs\forms\access.php3 on line 37" . > My script, the html file that gives data to the script, and the test.txt > file are all in the same directory so I don't see why it is saying it > can't find file. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? > Thanks, > If you want to reply personally, remove all numbers from my address. > -- > Andrew V. Romero > Romer1999o@pharmacy.arizona.edu > Remove the #'s from my address to reply. > http://www.u.arizona.edu/~avr/ > ICQ #54080914 Have a look at the notes on the rename command at www.php.net. It seems that Windows may want a full path name to the files. It might be interesting to put something in your script to tell you what the current working directory is. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA