Question

I want to upload files with PHP and i use move_uplload_files to copy them to the destination folder I want, everything works fine with this :

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name'], './uploades/'))
die("success");
else
die("error");

But when I try this

$rand =  chr(rand(97, 122)). chr(rand(97, 122)). chr(rand(97, 122));
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name'], './uploades/'.$rand))
die("success");
else
die("error");

I will get error, and it looks like move_uploaded_files can not create folders. How can I do this ?

Basically I am looking for a way to do it like file_put_contents() that creates the path if not exist.

Answer 1

Use mkdir().

If you need to make multiple folders, such as by passing a/b/c, set the third argument to TRUE.

You can test if it is already there, and add if not like so….

$path = 'abc';

if ( ! is_dir($path)) {
    mkdir($path);
}