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Create folder using PHP

Can we create folder with PHP code? I want that whenever a new user create his new account his folder automatically creates and a PHP file also created. Is this possible?

Solution

  • Purely basic folder creation

    <?php mkdir("testing"); ?> <= this, actually creates a folder called "testing".

    Basic file creation

    <?php
$file = fopen("test.txt","w");
echo fwrite($file,"Hello World. Testing!");
fclose($file);
?>

    Use the a or a+ switch to add/append to file.

    EDIT:

    This version will create a file and folder at the same time and show it on screen after.

    <?php

// change the name below for the folder you want
$dir = "new_folder_name";

$file_to_write = 'test.txt';
$content_to_write = "The content";

if( is_dir($dir) === false )
{
    mkdir($dir);
}

$file = fopen($dir . '/' . $file_to_write,"w");

// a different way to write content into
// fwrite($file,"Hello World.");

fwrite($file, $content_to_write);

// closes the file
fclose($file);

// this will show the created file from the created folder on screen
include $dir . '/' . $file_to_write;

?>