PHP File & directory creation

canadezo · June 6, 2011

So far everything is working swell; except for the file creation. What the website is going through is the user inputs their name and a directory is created for them. Now; the file creation thing is what's messing me up. As soon as they create that new directory I would like to appoint an index.html to it... This is what I got so far; let me know where I messed up, please & thank you! =)

<?php
if (isset($_POST['create'])) {
$file = 'index.html';
$newfile = ($dirName . 'index.html');

if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
}
?>

mgoodman · June 6, 2011

It's hard to tell with that tiny bit of code you've provided. It would be nice to know what $dirName is set to. It would also be nice to know what sort of problem you are having. You just said that "file creation is what's messing [you] up".

What sort of problems are you having and can you post the code that defines $dirName? Also, have you set the working directory to the correct one for the index.html file you're trying to copy?

canadezo · June 6, 2011

I'll post the entire page that I'm working on, and the index file I'm copying is from the same directory as this file; so I assumed that should work, correct me if I'm wrong.

<?php
// set our absolute path to the directories will be created in:
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/albums/';


if (isset($_POST['create'])) {
// Grab our form Data
$dirName = isset($_POST['dirName'])?$_POST['dirName']:false;

// first validate the value:
if ($dirName !== false && preg_match('~([^A-Z0-9]+)~i', $dirName, $matches) === 0) {
	// We have a valid directory:
	if (!is_dir($path . $dirName)) {
		// We are good to create this directory:
		if (mkdir(!$path . $dirName, 0775)) {
			$success = "Your directory has been created succesfully!<br /><br />";
		}else {
			$error = "Unable to create dir {$dirName}.";
		}
	}else {
		$error = "Directory {$dirName} already exists.";
	}
}else {
	// Invalid data, htmlenttie them incase < > were used.
	$dirName = htmlentities($dirName);
	$error = "You have invalid values in {$dirName}.";
}
}
?>



<?php
if (isset($_POST['create'])) {
$file = 'index.html';
$newfile = ($dirName . 'index.html');

if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
}
?>




<html>
<head><title>Make Directory</title>
<style type="text/css">
a:link {
COLOR: #fff;
}
a:visited {
COLOR: #fff;
}
a:hover {
COLOR: #fff;
}
a:active {
COLOR: #fff;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function delayedRedirect(){
    window.location = "/default.aspx"
}
</script>
</head>
<body text="#FFFFFF">
<center><?php echo (isset($success)?"<h3>$success</h3>":""); ?>
<h2><font color="black">Add your name & pics</font></h2>
<?php echo (isset($error)?'<span style="color:red;">' . $error . '</span>':''); ?>
<form name="phpMkDIRForm" method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" >
<font color="black">Enter Your Name (No Spaces or Symbols):<BR> <input type="text" value="" name="dirName" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="create" value="Add Pics" />
</form></center>
</body></font>
</html>

mgoodman · June 6, 2011

I see a few problems. You might not have a / on the end of $dirName. You also have "!$path" in there, which which would return false. Without looking at the PHP manual I'm pretty sure that the first argument for mkdir is the path, not a boolean value.

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