PHP Loop mkdir failing

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Sorry to bother you with this. I'm running mkdir to replicate directories that I have stored in a DB.

If I display the data on a php page the directories look like this:

element1/Content/EPAC/PROD
element1/Content/EPAC/TEST
element1/Content/EPAC_SG/PROD
element1/Content/EU/PROD
element1/Content/EU/TEST

The above is a subset of the data. What is happening with the above subset when I loop through it, it creates the directory element1/Content/EPAC/PROD but ignores element1/Content/EPAC/TEST and element1/Content/EPAC_SG/PROD, Then it creates element1/Content/EU/PROD but ignores element1/Content/EU/TEST etc and continues through the loop like that. The code I'm using is:

foreach($NSRarray as $value)
{
    mkdir("ftpfolders/$value", 0700, true);
}

*the $value variable above is the 'element1/Content/EPAC/PROD' record taken from the DB.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Ste

Did you ever solved the problem ? :) If so please accept the corresponding answer. — cb0
– cb0, Commented Apr 7, 2016 at 12:51

cb0 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-18 10:52:55Z

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I would split this into generating directories one at a time.

Transform your array into sth. like

$dics=array(
'element1' => array(
   'Content' => array(
      'EPAC' => array('PROD', 'TEST'),
      'EPAC_SG' => array('PROD')
      'EU' => array('PROD', 'TEST')
     )
   )
);

Then loop over it, starting with array_keys($dics) and create the directory if not existing. Continue with array_keys($dics['element1']) and then repeat it until your reach the inner childs.

Hope this helps.

answered Jun 18, 2013 at 10:52

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Stephen Kennedy Over a year ago

Hi, Thank you so much for answering. I've just actually managed to fix it. Turns out the mkdir after a certain level was adding a space. I did a string replace to remove the space and it created my directories as I would hope. Thank you so much for the intelligent answer though, I'm sure I'll use your idea when I'm stuck again.

Chandrakant Borse · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-18 11:31:49Z

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use this code, this will gives you proper folder structure as per your requirement

<?php
$NSRarray = array('element1/Content/EPAC/PROD', 'element1/Content/EPAC/TEST', 'element1/Content/EPAC_SG/PROD','element1/Content/EU/PROD','element1/Content/EU/TEST');

foreach($NSRarray as $value)
{
    $getFolders = explode('/' , $value);
    $mainFoldername = "ftpfolders";
    $countfolder = 0;
    $countfolder = count($getFolders);
    $tempName = "";
    $i = 0;
    for($i == 0; $i < $countfolder; $i++){
        $tempName .= $getFolders[$i];
         if (!file_exists("$mainFoldername/$tempName")) {
            mkdir("$mainFoldername/$tempName", 0700, true);
        } 
        $tempName .= '/';
    }  
}

?>

answered Jun 18, 2013 at 11:31

Chandrakant Borse

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Stephen Kennedy Over a year ago

Hi, thank you very much for the reply. I had just managed to fix it already as per the comment above, but I did add your !file_exists to the code, which certainly helped tidy it up. Thanks so much for the reply, hope I can help you out sometime

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