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[Append]

Hello,

I was wondering if it was possible to do mkdir() on a windows server, I know it is so I'm going to continue asking my question. I've to make a form, with the action as 'something.php' for example. The 'something.php' file has this in it  '$name = $_POST['filename'];''. I was wondering if it was possible to get what was imputted in the form that I did in HTML, to make a file in 'C:\thirdir\$name'.

That probably doesn't make any sence, if you get it you're a legend.

[Adam]

I'm confused. Do you want to create a file or a directory? Either should be possible, with the correct permissions.

[Append]

Lol, I want to make a directory, within a directory.

C:\thedir\$namestring

[Adam]

Okay, just you spoke about creating both a file and directory.

 

The mkdir() function should work fine for that, assuming the directory has the correct permissions. I would also validate the file name, so that the path cannot be altered (by "../" for example), though I'm not sure how applicable that is in this situation..

 

if (!empty($_POST['dirname']))
{
    $name = $_POST['dirname'];

    // Check the dir name doesn't contain "..", "/" or "\" - you'll
    // want to build on this for more comprehensive validation
    if (!preg_match('/[(\.\.)\/\\\]/', $name))
    {
        // Note the double backslash
        $path = 'C:\path\to\\';

        // Create the dir
        if (mkdir($path . $dir))
        {
            echo 'Success';
        }
        else
        {
            echo 'Failure';
        }
    }
    else
    {
        echo 'Invalid directory name';
    }
}

 

As I said before though, this will only work if the user PHP is running as, has permission to write to that directory. You'll probably get an error if it can't.

[Append]

It makes the directory fine, thankyou.

I was wondering how I can make the directory name what was imputted into the text box on the form?

Hope this is possible,

Append.

[Adam]

It should already be taking the value from the form? $_POST['dirname'] is from the form's input:

 

<input type="text" name="dirname" />

[Append]

It just makes the directory 'to'.

[Adam]

Sorry, there's a typo:

 

        if (mkdir($path . $dir))

 

Should be:

        if (mkdir($path . $name))

 

Although you're going to want to change the $path value to the actual path where you want the directories creating. Be sure to end it with a double backslash, otherwise the single backslash will effectively escape the single quote, and you'll have a syntax error.

[Append]

That worked, thanks!

Just another quesiton, prevents me from making a new thread, is there a way with PHP that I can have a 'copy to' ?

So, If I have a file in '../files/file.zip' can I copy it to 'C:\placetocopy\$string from folder just made\file.zip'?

[Adam]

Yup, using the copy() function. I'll let you have a bash at implementing that though..

[Append]

I copied it to the other directory (In C:\), but I don't know how or what functions to use in order to get it to move to the exact folder, or extract to the folder.

[Adam]

What do you mean? Whatever path/name/extension you provide in the second argument within the call to copy(), is what the file will be saved as.

[Append]

$file = 'directory/zipfile.zip';

$newfile = 'C:\directory2\zipfile.zip';

 

if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {

    echo "Failed $file...\n";

}

 

Right now i have this

But I want to be able to make the $newfile location to go to the file we just made (the one that's imputted into the textbox)

[Adam]

You have the new path stored within $path and $name. You just need to concatenate them and add the file name to the end:

 

$copy_to = $path . $name . '\zipfile.zip';