php - move all files in a folder to another?

Question

when moving one file from one location to another i use

rename('path/filename', 'newpath/filename');

how do you move all files in a folder to another folder? tried this one without result:

rename('path/*', 'newpath/*');

Answer 1

A slightly verbose solution:

// Get array of all source files
$files = scandir("source");
// Identify directories
$source = "source/";
$destination = "destination/";
// Cycle through all source files
foreach ($files as $file) {
  if (in_array($file, array(".",".."))) continue;
  // If we copied this successfully, mark it for deletion
  if (copy($source.$file, $destination.$file)) {
    $delete[] = $source.$file;
  }
}
// Delete all successfully-copied files
foreach ($delete as $file) {
  unlink($file);
}