Re: difference between copy and strem_copy

Negin Nickparsa wrote: > what is the difference in copying data from the file rather than a stream? > > stream_copy_to_stream — Copies data from one stream to another > copy — Copies file The most relevant difference is that copy() works with file *names* (note, that this is not necessarily restricted to actual files, but rather allows arbitrary streams[1]), and stream_copy_to_stream() works with *resources* (i.e. already opened streams). Another difference is that stream_copy_to_stream() is able to copy only parts of a stream, whereas copy() always copies the complete file. [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/intro.stream.php> -- Christoph M. Becker