creating a new folder using PHP with custom name

Question

i have used this code to create new folder how can i create new folder with a name form client input and i get error in line six

Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: File exists in /home/a3629462/public_html/123.php on line 6

that's the error am getting in line 6

$file_path = "uploads/";
$new_name = ""; // this is the new folder you'll create
$file_path .= $new_name . '/';
mkdir($file_path);
chmod($file_path, 0777);

$file_path = $file_path . basename( $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded_file']['tmp_name'], $file_path)) {
    echo "success";
} else{
    echo "fail";
}

this the HTML form i used i need to create folder name with input text entered in caption box

<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="addroom">
 Select Image: <br />
 <input type="file" name="uploaded_file" class="ed"><br />
Caption<br />
<input name="caption" type="text" class="ed" id="brnu" />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Upload" id="button1" />
</form>

You do realize that `$new_name` is empty? And the warning thus is about `uploads/` existing already. — mario, Jul 18 '14 at 09:17
It's not advisable to use unaudited user input directly in file operations. — mario, Jul 18 '14 at 09:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:18

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Try the following code :

$path='your folder name here';

if (!file_exists($path)) 
{
    mkdir('path/to/directory', 0777, true);
}

answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:18

Sulthan Allaudeen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:23

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You can also use is_dir() to check if directory exists.

answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:23

fdehanne

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:49

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Try this code:
if (!is_dir($file_path)) {
     mkdir($file_path, 0777, true);
}

answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:49

Indrajeet Singh

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Jonathon · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-18T09:24:56.937

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$input = $_POST['name_of_input']
// Do some stuff with it here
$file_path .= $input . "/";

if (!file_exists($file_path)) {
    mkdir($file_path);
}

edited Jul 18 '14 at 09:24

answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:15

Jonathon

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Well if you're posting to this PHP script, get the value of the input text using `$_POST['name_of-input']` and use this – Jonathon Jul 18 '14 at 09:23

creating a new folder using PHP with custom name

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