mkdir with relative url

[neridaj]

Hello,

Is it possible to pass mkdir() a relative url instead of an absolute url? My hosting company decided to change the directory name for the root of a client's usr directory and I've had to update the functions accordingly. If possible I would rather not have functions hardwired to the usr root.

function create_folder($username)
{
	mkdir("/home/.this has been changed/username/domain.com/subdir/$username", 0755);
}

Thanks,

Jason

[bpat1434]

This is the reason why [man]realpath/man can be a big help in situations with relative paths. If you define a root by saying:

<?php

$root = realpath('../../../mydir');

Then the hosting company could move your site anywhere and as long as they don't muck with your structure, then you wouldn't have to worry.

[NogDog]

Just to be clear here, you can pass mkdir() a relative filesystem path, but you can not pass it any kind of URL. Depending on what you want to accomplish and where the script is running, you could use a relative path something like:

mkdir("../subdir/$username", 0755);

Along the lines of what bpat described above, you could make an absolute path as:

mkdir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/subdir/$username", 0755);