Creating directory in PHP

[Gexus]

If I want to have a feature in a script that will create a directory on my server, how would this be done?

For example, I input information (Site Name & Directory Name)

Then it creates a directory on my server using the directory name, and also includes a file into the directory which I pre-defined..

[Nick]

mkdir(path/name, chmod)

Not sure about the other part of your question...

[Gexus]

Thanks a lot, thats perfect..

What I mean as far as including a file is this..

Right now the script im using is designed for 1 site and 1 site only.. What I would like to do is have it so that I can create a directory (which is now taken care of) but it will also insert a php page into that directory.. it will be the same page for every directory created..

So the steps would be..

Enter in information (directory name, site name) > create the directory > create a copy of a pre-determined file (where im at now)..


Hope this explains it..

[Nick]

Ah, ok. You could use copy(). So have a single version of the file you will want to copy to each new directory, and copy it to the new directory.

[make directory]
copy('masterfile.php', '/new-dir/file.php'); 

[poncho]

Possibility... you beauty!

I'll also find this very handy... nice work my friend.

$dir = "";
$masterfile = "test.txt";
if(isset($_POST['dir']) && $_POST['dir'] != "") {
    $dir = $_POST['dir'];
    mkdir($dir, 0700);
    echo "Directory ".$dir."successfully created";
    $pathfile = $dir."/".$masterfile;
    copy($masterfile, $pathfile);
    echo "File ".$masterfile."successfully copied";
} else {
echo "There was an error of some kind...";
} 

Regards;
Poncho

[Gexus]

Awsome thanks so much..

so with your example, would the name of the file copied to the new directory be file.php? Hence it renamed masterfile.php to file.php?

[poncho]

Gexus,

Try this code, you could set the masterfile & newfile names dynamically if you wanted, or just leave them hard-coded

$dir = "";
$masterfile = "test.txt";
$newfile = "file.php";
if(isset($_POST['dir']) && $_POST['dir'] != "") {
    $dir = $_POST['dir'];
    mkdir($dir, 0700);
    echo "Directory ".$dir."successfully created";
    $pathfile = $dir."/".$newfile;
    copy($masterfile, $pathfile);
    echo "File ".$masterfile."successfully copied";
} else {
echo "There was an error of some kind...";
} 

[Nick]

You can name it whatever you want. If the PHP file you want copied to each dir is called "master.php", then use copy('master.php', '/new-dir/master.php');