Create Directory using PHP on Linux & Apache

[Anon]

Help Required for creating Directories & Files on Linux

Pls look at my situation , I am creating a email application
I want to store all my attachments & uploads to Different directory

eg :

my $DOCUMENT_ROOT gives output as /www/vhtdocs/hemensite

nowunder hemensite I have 2 directories namely mainsite & data
All my scripts r under mainsite
& under data there r 2 more directories uploads & attachments

so I think the structure would be like

/www/vhtdocs/hemensite/mainsite

/www/vhtdocs/hemensite/data/uploads

/www/vhtdocs/hemensite/data/attachments

Now if I run a php script ( create.php ) under mainsite
ie. my $SCRIPT_FILENAME
would look like
/www/vhtdocs/hemensite/mainsite/create.php

I want to create a runtime
temporary directory eg . temp2000 under attachments
ie the structure would be like

/www/vhtdocs/hemensite/data/attachments/temp2000.

Also Now if I run a php script ( store.php ) under mainsite
ie. my $SCRIPT_FILENAME
would look like ( /www/vhtdocs/hemensite/mainsite/store.php )

I want to copy a file (hemen.jpg ) to temp2000 directory
ie the structure would be like

/www/vhtdocs/hemensite/data/attachments/temp2000/hemen.jpg.

Can u tell me what code should I write in create.php file to
create a directory seeing the above situation.

I used this code

$dirname=$DOCUMENT_ROOT ."/data/uploads/temp2000";
mkdir($dirname,0777);

But this gives an error.

MkDir failed (No such file or directory) in /www/vhtdocs/hemensite/data/create.php on line 19

This code creates the directory when run on Apache on Windows
but gives error when run on Linux.

If u have a soln for this pls mail me at
[e-mail]

Please help me out. Its very URGENT.

[Anon]

It's probably a permissions, thing. Try having 777 permission for data/uploads/ and data/attachements/, then PHP should be able to create the new directories.

This happens because PHP runs as a user...usually 'nobody' or 'www'. Those direcories are owned by you, so PHP doesn't have permission to create directories in directories owned by you...

---JH

[Anon]

My problem seems to be sloved but something else had creeped in.

I have set the permissions to 777 but due to
security reasons I dont want to give Execute
permissions to the directories . But I if remove the Execute Rights & keep it as 666
I get an error even if I copy the file to these directories thru a php script.

Infact I can copy the file only if there is Execute permissions set for the directory.
I dont know why this happens ?

Is is the setting in Apache Webserver / Linux or PHP ?

Canu help me out pls

[Anon]

Hi,

I am trying to create directories on a remote server through the use of a form. A user name is taken in and writes to a database and then further down my code I have:
<?

if(!file_exists("/home/supracore/smac/test1/$Formusername"))
{
(mkdir("/home/supracore/smac/test1/$Formusername", 0777));
}
else
{
print("<p>Error in script setup. Please notify the website administrator.");
}

?>

but i keep getting the error:
Warning: MkDir failed (No such file or directory) in /home/supracore/public_html/smac/test1/distributor.php on line 49

what seems to be the problem?
can anyone help?

thanks,
Steve