Description
$pathname
[, int $mode
= 0777
[, bool $recursive
= FALSE
[, resource $context
]]] ) : boolAttempts to create the directory specified by pathname.
Parameters
-
pathname
-
The directory path.
-
mode
-
The mode is 0777 by default, which means the widest possible access. For more information on modes, read the details on the chmod() page.
Note:
mode
is ignored on Windows.Note that you probably want to specify the mode as an octal number, which means it should have a leading zero. The mode is also modified by the current umask, which you can change using umask().
-
recursive
-
Allows the creation of nested directories specified in the
pathname
. -
context
-
Note: Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to Streams.
Examples
Example #1 mkdir() example
<?php
mkdir("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
?>
Example #2 mkdir() using the recursive
parameter
<?php
// Desired folder structure
$structure = './depth1/depth2/depth3/';
// To create the nested structure, the $recursive parameter
// to mkdir() must be specified.
if (!mkdir($structure, 0777, true)) {
die('Failed to create folders...');
}
// ...
?>
Errors/Exceptions
Emits an E_WARNING
level error if the directory
already exists.
Emits an E_WARNING
level error if the relevant
permissions prevent creating the directory.
Notes
Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.
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