OT: Create a folder using PHP?

Question

I'm trying to create a folder in PHP, and I'm using this
markup -
<?php
$dir = 'test';
echo(!mkdir('/images/'.$dir)?'Fail':'Success');
?>
Shouldn't that work (I'm hosted on Windows, but it's PHP5)?
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Answer 1

The images directory is already there.
> cost me an hour to get recursive switch to work in
windows with php 5.2.0,
> so
> share it here. The key is backward slash in windows ,
this php version
> doesn't
> recognize forward slash as valid path separator for
mkdir(), though other
> functions support forward-slashed paths just fine. The
following example
> works
> in Windows:
> <?php
> $mypath="testdir\subdir\test";
> mkdir($mypath,0777,TRUE);
> ?>
> This doesn't work in windows:
> <?php
> $mypath="testdir/subdir/test";
> mkdir($mypath,0777,TRUE);
> ?>
>
This is likely the answer. I'll try it.
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"digitalus media" <[email protected]> wrote
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news:edhej7$rfo$[email protected]..
> you need to make the directory structure one level at a
time. so make the
> images directory, then make your test directory. once
the images folder is
> created your code should work, just remove the first
forward slash (before
> images). this works on my wamp server.
>
> also check out this comment on the php.net page:
>
>
quote:
> cost me an hour to get recursive switch to work in
windows with php 5.2.0,
> so
> share it here. The key is backward slash in windows ,
this php version
> doesn't
> recognize forward slash as valid path separator for
mkdir(), though other
> functions support forward-slashed paths just fine. The
following example
> works
> in Windows:
> <?php
> $mypath="testdir\subdir\test";
> mkdir($mypath,0777,TRUE);
> ?>
> This doesn't work in windows:
> <?php
> $mypath="testdir/subdir/test";
> mkdir($mypath,0777,TRUE);
> ?>
>
>