Creating a directory...

[Napster]

I am trying to get my code to create a directory. The code for it so far is:

  $filename = "/home/findchea/public_html/upload/";

  if (!file_exists($filename)) {

$old_umask = umask(0); 

mkdir($filename, 0777);

umask($old_umask); 

  }

But I am getting this error: Warning: mkdir(/home/findchea/public_html/upload/): Permission denied in /home/findchea/public_html/upload.php on line 27

I made sure that $filename is forrect and it is, I also made sure that the script has full permissions but it still does not work. Line 27 is the mkdir.

What can I do to fix this?

[cahva]

Does the public_html directory itself got permission to write to it?

[BlueCube]

You could try using FTP to create it:

// create directory through FTP connection
function ftpMkDir($path, $newDir)
{
	$server='ftp.yourserver.com'; // ftp server
	$connection = ftp_connect($server);						// connection

// login to ftp server
$user = "myname";
$pass = "mypass";
$result = ftp_login($connection, $user, $pass);

// check if connection was made
if ((!$connection) || (!$result))
{
return false;
exit();
}
else
{
ftp_chdir($connection, $path);

// go to destination dir
if (ftp_mkdir($connection,$newDir))
{														// create directory
	return $newDir;
}
else
{
	return false;       
}
	ftp_close($conn_id);								// close connection
}
}

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Credit: drew010

[zubinkasad]

Hi

If this code represents permission "mkdir($filename, 0777);" i dont know what 0 stands for, it should be only 777 and not 0777.

[Napster]

777 is a decimal and 0777 is an octale. The function mkdir takes an octal, number. If you put in 777 it will most likely give an error.

Second of all, I have no idea why BlueCube replied to this thread. it is an old thread and I figured it out a long time ago :p

[tsinka]

Maybe, because this thread hasn't been marked resolved 😉

Thomas

[BlueCube]

Nice. Thanks for letting me shame myself. So how'd you resolve the problem?

And are you going to mark this thread resolved?