Posted by J.O. Aho on 02/15/06 19:55

bish wrote:
> I do voluntary web work for a small local charity. The new
> chairman wants to have each of his caseworkers upload their latest
> work file into their own directory (called after the caseworker's
> $username passed from the log-in script) so he can examine them
> remotely.
> The idea is also that, if the volunteer is new, a new directory
> called after the new caseworker's $username be created and their
> file put into it.
> I've tried all kinds of variations of the following but get error
> messages.
>
> <?
> if (!is_dir($username))
> {
> // make the directory;
> mkdir($username, 0777) or die ("Could not make directory");
> // then copy the file into the directory;
> }
> else
> {
> // just copy the file into the directory;
> }
> ?>
>
> Warning: mkdir(): No such file or directory in
> /home/earlpa11/public_html/funds/forma_upload_handle1.php on line
> 5
> Could not make directory

What about using absolute path,
mkdir("/home/earlpa11/public_html/funds/$username");
chmod("/home/earlpa11/public_html/funds/$username",01777);

Remember that the user that your Apache server is running as (can be apache,
http, httpd, nobody, ...) has the right to write to the directory in question.


//Aho

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