I meant, have you created a physical directory
named $date?

That's your problem.  There's no directory
named $date on your computer, and you're
trying to write files into a non-existent
directory.

jtjohnston wrote:
> I have created date :)
> $date = date ("MD");
> That's not it. It seems to fail at one level or another, I think, becuase the
> function calls itself - and probably gets lost somehow.
> John
> 
> 
>>... i think you might have to create the
>>$date directory before writing a file to it.
>>writing to /tmp/dir/file.txt will fail if
>>the directory "dir" doesn't exist.
>>
> 
> <?php
> 
> #######################################
> $date = date ("MD");
> #######################################
> ###  Don't forget trailing slash  #####
> #######################################
> $from_path = "c:\\program files\\easyphp\\ccl_www\\";
> $to_path = "c:\\ccl_www\\".$date."ccl_www\\";
> #######################################
> 
> if(!is_dir($from_path))
> {
> echo "failed";
> exit;
> }else{
> rec_copy($from_path, $to_path);
> echo "files copies from $from_path and backed up to $to_path";
> }
> 
> #########################################################################
> function rec_copy ($from_path, $to_path) {
> if(!is_dir($to_path))
> mkdir($to_path, 0777);
> 
> $this_path = getcwd();
>  if (is_dir($from_path))
>  {
>     chdir($from_path);
>     $handle=opendir('.');
> 
>     while (($file = readdir($handle))!==false)
>     {
>  if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..")) {
>   if (is_dir($file))
>   {
>   rec_copy ($from_path.$file."/",  $to_path.$file."/");
>        chdir($from_path);
>   }else{
> #  echo "error if (is_dir($file))<br>";
>   }
>   if (is_file($file))
>   {
>   copy($from_path.$file, $to_path.$file);
>   }else{
> #  echo "error copy($from_path.$file, $to_path.$file)<br>";
>   }
>  }#end (($file != ".")
>     }#end while (($file
> 
>     closedir($handle);
>  }# end if (is_dir
>  else{
> # echo "if (is_dir($from_path))<br>";
>  }
> }# end function
> 
> ?>
> 
> 




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