[RESOLVED] Create a dir outside of root dir

[912bliss]

I am trying to create a dir outside of the root Dir on a web server, So i can move the full size images(jpg) into the dir after they are uploaded. i know the solution is staring me in the face but I'm drawing a blank .

Any help would be appreciated

[bradgrafelman]

Are you trying to create the directory using PHP or something else? What have you tried?

[912bliss]

The project i am working on is to upload full size images (~10mb) into a main dir , then create tumbnails of these images into a separate directory.then move the images from the main dir into the dir outside of the home dir.

I have everything done in php except for the following

if my home directory is /mydomain.com i want to create a dir called "/images/events "outside of /mydomain.com. I have tried a number of ways the last one is as follows

The dir /images is already created manually
mkdir('/images/events',0777,true);
chmod('/images/events', 0777);

Still doesn't work

Any advice

[bradgrafelman]

Note that unless your host has some sort of special configuration in place, the root of your website is nowhere near the root of the filesystem (e.g. "/").

See if the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT variable is defined; that will tell you the file system path to the root of your website.

[dagon]

if your just doing this as a one of step, it would be easier to use your ftp app than write a php script for it.

[912bliss]

Thanks bradgrafelman got it sorted

[bradgrafelman]

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