creating a new folder and files Using PHP AND inserting the contents.

[seany123]

Is it possible to create a folder and php files in a php script? also im wanting to define the contents of the file.. which could obviously be php code.

[Cagecrawler]

It is possible, look at mkdir and the fopen family of functions.  Any file you write to can be used the same as any other file on the filesystem (you can use include for example).

[seany123]

It is possible, look at mkdir and the fopen family of functions.  Any file you write to can be used the same as any other file on the filesystem (you can use include for example).

 

okay so them 2 functions actually create the folders and file... but what about inserting code into the files?

[AbraCadaver]

mkdir('/path/to/dir');
$stuff = 'some stuff here what ever you want';
file_put_contents('/path/to/dir/file.txt', $stuff);

[Chris92]

read the PHP documentation, he posted links on the functions.

mkdir() makes a new directory: http://php.net/mkdir

fopen() starts a new file stream: http://php.net/fopen

once you have started a new stream you can write to it using fwrite(): http://php.net/fwrite

and save it using fclose(): http://php.net/fclose

 

I'll write you a small script:

 

<?php

$dir = 'myDir';
$file = 'myFile.php';

// check the directory to see if it already exists
if( is_dir($dir) === false )
{
    // if it doesn't make a new directory
    mkdir($dir);
}

// start a new stream
$f = fopen($file, 'w'); // 'w' for write
// write the php to the stream
fwrite( $f, '<?php echo "Hello world!"; ?>' );
// close the stream
fclose($f);

// include our new php script to see if it's working:
include $myDir . '/' . $myFile; // Hello world!

?>

 

[jcbones]

file_put_contents() is essentially calling fopen(), fwrite(), and fclose(), just in one function instead of 3.