This script can be used to make backup of entire directories and subdirectories in our servers, you can use the script in conjunction with cronjobs
//specify the source dir and target dir $src = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/test/backup/dir1'; $dst = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/test/backup/dir2'; function recurse_copy($src,$dst) { $dir = opendir($src); @mkdir($dst); while(false !== ( $file = readdir($dir)) ) { if (( $file != '.' ) && ( $file != '..' )) { if ( is_dir($src . '/' . $file) ) { recurse_copy($src . '/' . $file,$dst . '/' . $file); } else { copy($src . '/' . $file,$dst . '/' . $file); } } } closedir($dir); } //execute the command recurse_copy($src,$dst);
If you want to remove the old content from the directory you can use this recursive function that removes all files and folders from the specified directory
function rrmdir($dst) { if (is_dir($dst)) { $objects = scandir($dst); foreach ($objects as $object) { if ($object != "." && $object != "..") { if (filetype($dir."/".$object) == "dir") rrmdir($dir."/".$object); else unlink ($dst."/".$object); } } reset($objects); rmdir($dir); } }
Janeth Kent
Licenciada en Bellas Artes y programadora por pasión. Cuando tengo un rato retoco fotos, edito vídeos y diseño cosas. El resto del tiempo escribo en MA-NO WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.
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