[RESOLVED] mkdir() trouble.

[middleman666]

hey people,

I'm trying to create 3 folders at once if they don't already exist.

the path I want to create is:
userfiles/username/BigImages/

My code is as follows:

  $mkBigImagePath = '/userfiles/'.$username.'/BigImages'; 

  //Set up directory if it doesn't exist
  if (!is_dir($mkBigImagePath)) {
    if (!mkdir($mkBigImagePath))
  	  die ("$mkBigImagePath directory doesn't exist and creation failed");
    if (!chmod($mkBigImagePath,0755))
  	  die ("change permission to 755 failed.");
  }

The error/warning I get is:
mkdir(/userfiles/USERNAME/BigImages) [function.mkdir]: No such file or directory

I've tried different values for $mkBigImagePath i.e. removing and adding the slashes, trying back slashes etc.

Does anyone know why it won't let me do this?

I am able to create ONE folder in the same directory that the code is being run, I just can't seem to make the sub folders.

Thanks.

[suntra]

First, create :
userfiles/

Then :
userfiles/username/

Then :
userfiles/username/BigImages/

[middleman666]

Perfect! 🙂 thanks.

  $mkUserfiles = 'userfiles'; 
  $mkUsername = 'userfiles/'.$username; 
  $mkBigImagePath = 'userfiles/'.$username.'/BigImages'; 


  //Set up directory if it doesn't exist
  if (!is_dir($mkUserfiles)) {
    if (!mkdir($mkUserfiles))
  	  die ("$mkUserfiles directory doesn't exist and creation failed");
    if (!chmod($mkUserfiles,0755))
  	  die ("change permission to 755 failed.");
  }
  if (!is_dir($mkUsername)) {
    if (!mkdir($mkUsername))
  	  die ("$mkUsername directory doesn't exist and creation failed");
    if (!chmod($mkUsername,0755))
  	  die ("change permission to 755 failed.");
  }
  if (!is_dir($mkBigImagePath)) {
    if (!mkdir($mkBigImagePath))
  	  die ("$mkBigImagePath directory doesn't exist and creation failed");
    if (!chmod($mkBigImagePath,0755))
  	  die ("change permission to 755 failed.");
  }

[suntra]

This is a little function I wrote about 2 years ago (I was on a boat between South and North Islands in New Zealand...)

 function MyOwn_mkdir($strDirectory) {
 	$strDirectory		= str_replace("\\", "/", $strDirectory);
 	$arrDirectories		= explode("/", $strDirectory);
 	$strCurrent_Directory	= "";
 	$bolReturn		= true;
 	foreach($arrDirectories as $strDirectory) {
 		$strCurrent_Directory	.= $strDirectory . "/";
 		if(!file_exists($strCurrent_Directory)) {
 			if(!@mkdir($strCurrent_Directory)) {
 				$bolReturn	= false;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	return $bolReturn;
 }

[middleman666]

Cheers, I'll keep that in mind for future projects 🙂