php mkdir subdirectories

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I have problem creating multiple sub-directories inside a single directory using mkdir:

 

mkdir("files/".$lname,0777);

mkdir("files/".$lname."/CV",0777);

The above command works fine and creates the directory under $last name as files/$lname/CV.

But I am unable to create further sub-directories inside $lname.

For eg:

mkdir("files/".$lname."/Cover", 0777); (This does not create the directory Cover)

 

this is how my code snippet looks like

if($result)

{

    mkdir("files/".$lname,0777);

    mkdir("files/".$lname."/CV",0777);

    mkdir("files/".$lname."/Cover", 0777);

  mkdir("files/".$lname."/LOR", 0777);

}

   

 

[AbraCadaver]

You should get errors?

 

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

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Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: No such file or directory in /san/www/files/register.php on line 167

 

It is creating the CV directory, under $lname but does not create the other 2 directories.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

If you post your whole actual code, someone can probably directly help you with it. You are likely overwriting/clearing/changing the $lname variable.

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This is my code:

//Create INSERT query

$qry = "INSERT INTO $tbl_users(email, password, firstname, lastname, middlename, mailingaddress, phone, date, phdinst, researcharea, position) VALUES('$email','$password','$fname','$lname', '$mname', '$address', '$pnumber', '$date', '$inst', '$rarea', '$position')";

 

 

$result = @mysql_query($qry);

if($result) {

error_reporting(E_ALL);

                ini_set('display_errors', '1');

 

        $oldmask = umask(0);

          mkdir("/san/www/files/".$position."/".$lname."_".$email,0777);

  mkdir("san/www/files/".$position."/".$lname."_".$email."/CV", 0777);

  mkdir("san/www/files/".$position."/".$lname."_".$email."/Cover_letter", 0777);

  mkdir("san/www/files/".$position."/".$lname."_".$email."/List_of_references", 0777);

  mkdir("san/www/files/".$position."/".$lname."_".$email."/teaching_statement", 0777);

  umask($oldmask);

 

}

 

The position directories already exist. Like i mentioned it creates the CV directory inside $lname_email, but it does not create the other mentioned directories.

[AbraCadaver]

I don't know why it works with CV, but all of the paths need the root slash /san

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ahh :-) Thank you so much. It works now!

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Given the code you just posted, only the first very first one is working and if you have a CV folder present, it is left over from some previous testing.

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probably that was the case. It's working fine now. Thanks again.