Topic: [SOLVED] mkdir problem

[Nandini]

Hi i am using ubuntu.
I want to create directory named as 'directory' using php. i am using following script. But not able to create directory. Can any one help me about the problem. My script is as follows

$thisdir="/usr/local/netzgate/var/lib/netzgate";
$req_dir=$thisdir."/directory";
chmod($req_dir, 0755);
$dir=mkdir($req_dir);
if(!$dir)
{
   echo "Directory not created...";
}
else
{
   echo "Directory created ";
}

It is displaying always as 'Directory not created'. I dont know whats the  problem.

[ratcateme]

what is the permissions on /usr/local/netzgate/var/lib/netzgate ?
i needs to be writable by 'apache'.

Scott.

[mtoynbee]

Should these be the other way round?

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chmod($req_dir, 0755);
$dir=mkdir($req_dir);

Should be

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$dir=mkdir($req_dir);
chmod($req_dir, 0755);

You can't chmod a directory that doesn't exist yet.

[Nandini]

root@nani:/usr/local/netzgate/var/lib# ls -lrt
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 9 root ng-data 4096 2008-11-20 23:41 netzgate
root@nani:/usr/local/netzgate/var/lib#

These are the permissions

[Nandini]

Hi

the problem was solved. I ts a permssions problem.
First i have changed the permissions using 'chmod 0777 netzgate' on commandline. After that i have execute the script. Directory was created.

Thanq very much for every help.