PHP Tutorial - PHP mkdir() Function

Definition

The mkdir() function creates a new directory .

Syntax

PHP mkdir() Function has the following syntax.

mkdir(path,mode,recursive,context)

Parameter

Parameter	Is Required	Description
path	Required.	Name of the directory to create
mode	Optional.	Permissions. By default, the mode is 0777 (widest possible access).
recursive	Optional.	If the recursive mode is set
context	Optional.	Context of the file handle. Context is a set of options that can modify the behavior of a stream

The mode parameter consists of four numbers:

The first number is always zero
The second number specifies permissions for the owner
The third number specifies permissions for the owner's user group
The fourth number specifies permissions for everybody else

Possible values (to set multiple permissions, add up the following numbers):

1 = execute permissions
2 = write permissions
4 = read permissions

Return

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Example

The function returns true if the directory was created successfully or false otherwise. For example:


<?PHP
     mkdir("testing");
     mkdir("/path/to/my/directory", 0777);                                                           
     mkdir("/path/to/my/directory", 0777, true);
?>