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PHP copy files from temp directory to new directory based on partial file name

Asked by fastfind1 in PHP and Databases, Adobe Acrobat

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I have a directory named temp that contains pdf files as they are created.  Each file has a unique 3 digit number followed by an underscore and 4 letters.

I am trying to create a PHP script that when runs, looks at each file in the temp directory, then copies each file into the appropriate directory based upon the first 3 numbers of the pdf file name.

So for example, in the temp directory, there may be multiple pdf's that may look like:
123_nnnn.pdf
120_llll.pdf
125_aaaa.pdf

and so on

What I want the PHP script to do is to copy the 123_nnnn.pdf to a directory called files/123/ which already exists on the server.
Then I want the PHP script to get the next file in the temp directory, 120_llll.pdf and copy it to an existing directory called files/120/

And so forth for all of the files in the temp directory.

I don't want to rename the files, and after copying the files to the new directories, I will be deleting all files in the temp directory (I do know how to do that).

But how can I get PHP to look at the first 3 numbers of the file name and then copy it to an existing directory with the same 3 numbers?Start Free Trial
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