Making new directory within new directory

kashmirekat

I am having trouble making a new directory within a newly created directory. For instance, I make the directory dir/ and I want to add a new directory newdir underneath for "dir/newdir" and it's just not happening. The new directory (dir/newdir) goes underneath the base directory where dir/ is located. My code:

//If the directory is changed...
if($changedir) {
	   $dirname = "./$filedir";
	   $currentdir = $dirname; }
	   else {
	   $dirname = "."; 
	   $currentdir = $dirname; }

//Making the directory...
if($create) {
   if($type==dir) {
   mkdir ("$currentdir/$newfiledir", 0777); }

//Code for browsing through directory
<select name="filedir" size=9 class="listbox"><?
	   $dh = opendir( $dirname ) or die("couldn't open directory");
	   while ( ! ( ( $file = readdir( $dh ) ) === false ) ) {

      if ( is_dir( "$dirname/$file" ) )
	  print " ";
	  print "<option name=$file value=$file>$file<br>";
	  }
	  closedir( $dh );
   ?></select>

//My form: 

<select name="type" size="2" class="ibox3">
<option value="file" selected>File
<option value="dir">Directory
</select><BR>
<input type="text" value="" name="newfiledir" class="ibox"><BR>
<input type="submit" name="create" value="Create New" class="button"><BR>
<input type="submit" value="Change Directory" name="changedir" class="button3">

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

colbec

... class="listbox"><? ...
should this be class="listbox"><?php ...?

kashmirekat

My server allows for <? as short for <?php. The directory shows fine, it's just that I can't create a new directory within a directory I have just created.

colbec

If you were to create a directory in one php instance, let it finish and then run another instance, would the dir be created? Just wondering if somehow php is only aware of your new directory once the code runs from the beginning again?

Have you tried using clearstatcache() to see if the directory contents are being cached (and therefore unaware of your new dir)?

kashmirekat

It still doesn't work. I tried creating a new directory (worked) and then I closed the browser, reopened, navigated to the newly created directory and tried to create a directory underneath it and it didn't work.

I've never used clearstatcache(), but I may try that.

colbec

If it did not work on second time through, unlikely that clearstatcache will help. Next thing might be absolute versus relative path. If the app is not sure where it is after creating directory 1 it cannot create the subdir. Might be worth echoing back at strategic points just where php thinks it is in the filesystem, perhaps before creating dir 2...?

kashmirekat

I've tried using getcwd(), but it still does the same thing. I'm thinking I should use chdir eventhough my opendir is defined. I'm not quite sure where exactly though. I'm going to try changing it a little and see what I come out with.

Thank you for your help.