public function copyFile( $sourcePath, $destPath )    

{

if ( file_exists($sourcePath) && is_file($sourcePath) )        

{

copy($sourcePath, $destPath);            

chmod($destPath, 0666);            

return true;        

}

return false;    

}

If you copy and file to site root / it breaks the entire site with a Permission Denied

Perhaps 755 would be better or a check for if copying to / then 755?