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    <p>I would like to create a PHP script to backup files from a particular directory on my website to my Dropbox account.</p> <p>I tried to search for examples and how to work around it but I only found code to backup databases or to buy ready made solutions. </p> <p>This is the code I tried</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $passw = "jason"; //change this to a password of your choice. if ($_POST) { require 'DropboxUploader.php'; try { // Rename uploaded file to reflect original name if ($_FILES['file']['error'] !== UPLOAD_ERR_OK) throw new Exception('File was not successfully uploaded from your computer.'); $tmpDir = uniqid('/tmpCapes/'); if (!mkdir($tmpDir)) throw new Exception('Cannot create temporary directory!'); if ($_FILES['file']['name'] === "") throw new Exception('File name not supplied by the browser.'); $tmpFile = $tmpDir.'/'.str_replace("/\0", '_', $_FILES['file']['name']); if (!move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $tmpFile)) throw new Exception('Cannot rename uploaded file!'); if ($_POST['txtPassword'] != $passw) throw new Exception('Wrong Password'); // Upload $uploader = new DropboxUploader('user@example.com', 'password');// enter dropbox credentials $uploader-&gt;upload($tmpFile, $_POST['dest']); echo '&lt;span style="color: green;font-weight:bold;margin-left:393px;"&gt;File successfully uploaded to my Dropbox!&lt;/span&gt;'; } catch(Exception $e) { echo '&lt;span style="color: red;font-weight:bold;margin-left:393px;"&gt;Error: ' . htmlspecialchars($e-&gt;getMessage()) . '&lt;/span&gt;'; } // Clean up if (isset($tmpFile) &amp;&amp; file_exists($tmpFile)) unlink($tmpFile); if (isset($tmpDir) &amp;&amp; file_exists($tmpDir)) rmdir($tmpDir); } ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>But instead of uploading the image from my PC to Dropbox via my website. I want to modify the above code to copy files in a specific directory on my website to Dropbox.</p>
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    1. COHere is a guide on using dropbox with php http://www.dropbox-php.com/ but nobody here will do your work for you. People are more likely to help if you show what you have before and give some code examples.
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    2. COHi Jacob. I upaded my question with the code i am trying to use to find a solution to my query.
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    3. COYou need recursive code, I think. Your $uploader->upload() function does not go down the directory tree, I imagine. See my answer. I think it will work for you. You just need to model your code after my pattern.
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