writing file on server from database?

Hi, I'm currently working on a basic website creation script where I want an index file created automaticaly within each new folder created. My attempts at using copy() were foiled by safe-mode restrictions on my account but after some research, I discovered this could be circumvented with the use of move_uploaded_file() instead. Now I'd like to figure out how I could use this to copy an existing "index.php" file on the server to the newly created directories. But can I use move_uploaded_file() if the file is already on the server? If it needs to be an uploaded file, would uploading it once allow me to copy it anytime afterwards? I figured an even better solution could be to store the index file as a blob in my MySQL db and have the script write that file to the newly created dirs. Is this feasible (especialy with the safe-mode restrictions) ? Any tips or examples would be much appreciated. Thanks! -s