# svn_checkout

(PECL svn:0.1-0.2)

svn_checkout — Checks out a working copy from the repository

### Description

bool svn_checkout ( string `$repos` , string `$targetpath` [, int `$revision` ] )

Checks out a working copy from the repository at `repos` to `targetpath` at revision `revision` .

### Parameters

`repos`

  String URL path to directory in repository to check out.

`targetpath`

  String local path to directory to check out in to

  > Note: Relative paths will be resolved as if the current working directory was the one that contains the PHP binary. To use the calling script's working directory, use realpath() or dirname(__FILE__).

`revision`

  Integer revision number of repository to check out. Default is HEAD, the most recent revision.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Notes

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

### Examples

Example#1 Basic example

This example demonstrates how to check out a directory from a repository to a directory named calc:

`<?php
svn_checkout('http://www.example.com/svnroot/calc/trunk', dirname(__FILE__) . '/calc');
?>`

The dirname(__FILE__) call is necessary in order to convert the calc relative path into an absolute one. If calc exists, you can also use realpath() to retrieve an absolute path.

### See Also

- svn_add()
- svn_commit()
- svn_status()
- svn_update()
- » SVN documentation on svn checkout