note 31769 added to function.copy

File ownership (on unix probably 'nobody') didnt have anything todo with the error of not being able to edit the file and eventually uploading it via a 'proper' userid and ftp-browser. My problem and my work around to michael at zend dot com snippet was lying in the file permission and fixed in one simple line: chmod("$newname", 0777); following the snippet again in total: function my_copy($oldname, $newname) { if(is_file($oldname)){ $perms = fileperms($oldname); return copy($oldname, $newname) && chmod($newname, $perms); } else if(is_dir($oldname)){ my_dir_copy($oldname, $newname); } else{ die("Cannot copy file: $oldname (it's neither a file nor a directory)"); } } function my_dir_copy($oldname, $newname) { if(!is_dir($newname)){ mkdir($newname); chmod("$newname", 0777); } $dir = opendir($oldname); while($file = readdir($dir)){ if($file == "." || $file == ".."){ continue; } my_copy("$oldname/$file", "$newname/$file"); } closedir($dir); } ------------- simply worked better for me. (host all-inkl.com) -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.copy.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+31769 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+31769 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+31769