Trouble with mkdir and chdir...

[jnfields]

Help!

I'm trying to use mkdir with my yahoo small business webpage and it isn't working...

Specifically, it works but not if I try to do a multi-level folder structure at once:
EXAMPLE:
mkdir("/test/test2/test3/test4", 0700, TRUE);

I tried to get around this not working by using chdir to change the working directory and create separate folders:
EXAMPLE:
mkdir("/test", 0700, TRUE);
$folder = "test";
chdir($folder);
mkdir("/test2", 0700, TRUE);
RESULT:
Two new folders called "test" and "test2" in the folder the script started in.

Can anyone provide me guidance? I've looked at a hundred examples online and tried them all including recursive folder creating functions but nothing works.

Thanks!
jnf

[jnfields]

Still can't get this to work...

I'll just rely on muliple lines of code...

mkdir("test/"....
mkdir("test/test2/"....
mkdir("test/test2/test3/"...

That seems to work for me.

[halojoy]

If you are on windoes, like me,
you can use only:
mkdir('test');

I did some tests.
Without any slashes, this works:

<?php

$folder='test1';
mkdir($folder);

chdir($folder);

$folder='test2';
mkdir($folder);

chdir($folder);

$folder='test3';
mkdir($folder);

[halojoy]

This is my script.

1. first part make dir
2. second part remove dir

I have added error checking with messages

<?php

// make the folder 'ccc' inside directory 'c:/aaa/bbb'
$new = 'ccc';
// directory c:/aaa/bbb' must exist and be writable
$path = '.';

if( !is_dir($path) )
    exit( 'no such dir, where can make dir' );
if ( !mkdir($path. '/' .$new) )
    exit( 'could not make dir - check directory permissions' );

echo 'dir was made<br>';
//============================

// remove the folder 'ccc' inside directory 'c:/aaa/bbb'
$del = 'ccc';
// directory c:/aaa/bbb' must exist and be writable
$path = '.';

if( !is_dir($path. '/' .$del) )
    exit( 'no such dir to remove' );
// delete folder, must be empty and action be permitted
if( !rmdir($path. '/' .$del) )
    exit( 'could not remove dir, check dir is empty and permissions' );

echo 'dir was removed<br>';
exit( 'end script' );

?>

[bradgrafelman]

What version of PHP are you using?

Also, did you read the first user comment on the [man]mkdir/man page?

dev at grind dot lv wrote:

Another simple recursive mkdir function:

function Rmkdir($path){
    $exp=explode("/",$path);
    $way='';
    foreach($exp as $n){
        $way.=$n.'/';
        if(!file_exists($way))
            mkdir($way);
    }
}

EDIT:

halojoy wrote:

If you are on windoes, like me,
you can use only:
mkdir('test');

Not true... I'm running PHP 5.2.3 on Windows XP, and executed this code:

var_dump( mkdir('test/test2/test3/test4', 0700, TRUE) );

Result was bool(true) and the directories were created as expected.

EDIT2: Also, jnfields, are you sure you want to create a directory called "test2" in the root of the server? If you're trying to create a directory in the root of your website (ex. http://yoursite.com/test/test2/test3/), you need the full path, ex. /home/username/public_html/test/ (unless your server is configured such that the root directory you see ( / ) is actually your home directory, though I've never personally used any server with such a configuration, nor do I know if this is possible). You can usually achieve this by doing:

mkdir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/test/test2/test3', 0700, TRUE);

What happens if you try that code?