PHP/File Directory/rename

A file can be renamed with the rename() function

 
Its syntax is: bool rename (string oldname, string newname)
<?
    $data_file = "data.txt";
    rename($data_file, $data_file.".old") or die("Could not rename $data_file");
?>

Moving a file

 
<?php
$old = "/tmp/today.txt";
$new = "/tmp/tomorrow.txt";
rename($old,$new) or die("couldn"t move $old to $new: $php_errormsg");
?>

Moving Files with rename( )

 
<?    
    $filename = "data.txt";
    $filename2 = $filename . ".old";
    $result = rename($filename, $filename2);
    if ($result) {
            print "$filename has been renamed to $filename2.\n";
    } else {
            print "Error: couldn"t rename $filename to $filename2!\n";
    }
?>