Copy/Backup Folder

Jmz · 06-14-2008, 04:43 PM

Is there a way I can copy a certain folder and its contents to a users computer using php?

Tree · 06-14-2008, 06:03 PM

If you use the user's computer as an FTP server you can. You also could zip it up and serve it for downloading.

Jmz · 06-14-2008, 07:34 PM

I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing here.

When a user registers on my website it automatically creates a folder for them. Every time they upload a file it gets put into their folder. I want the user to be able to click a button in their cp and download a backup of all their files. Is this possible?

Wildhoney · 06-14-2008, 07:38 PM

Tree is right. You could use the ZIP archive module for doing that. The Linux method looks far easier to me, as given as an example on the PHP.net page:

php Code:

// Get the date
$date = date("m-d-y");

// Make Zip name
$zipname = "archive/site-script-backup." . $date . ".zip";

// Make a zip file
$cmd = `zip -r $zipname *`;

Jim · 06-14-2008, 07:41 PM

I wouldnt create folders for everyone, that way everybody can find files of another user. I would save files by a file_id and link the user with a file by a database. That way you won't have to worry about all the file handling, just uploading and deleting files. "Eitje" as we would say here in the netherlands :>

Tree · 06-14-2008, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmz

I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing here.

When a user registers on my website it automatically creates a folder for them. Every time they upload a file it gets put into their folder. I want the user to be able to click a button in their cp and download a backup of all their files. Is this possible?

In that case using FTP isn't an option. But you can still just zip/tar the user's folder and serve it. This PHP Class looks like it would work for this.

Jmz · 06-14-2008, 09:12 PM

Thanks for that :) I was a bit confused when you mentioned FTP.

As for people being able to find the files of other users, it shouldn't be a problem because the files will only be images to display in a gallery anyway.

Tree · 06-14-2008, 09:17 PM

No problem. I originally thought you wanted to build a script that backed things up to just your computer.