PHP create directory name with forward slash - php

Question

I'm beginner in php. With a scenario i wanted to create directory with forward slash in name(09/01/2017). How can i resolve it?
$my_date = "09/01/2017"
$new_path = "../Images/".$my_date;
if(!file_exists($new_path)) {
mkdir($new_path , 0777);
}
EDIT: I'm using macos with php server in it. In macos it is possible to create folder with slashes.

Answer 1

<?php
$my_date = "09/01/2017";
$new_path = "images/".$my_date;
if (!is_dir($new_path))
{
mkdir($new_path , 0777,true);
}
?>
mkdir($new_path , 0777,true);//true for recursive directory creation.
In your case if you create directory with 09/01/2017 it will be created
File Tree:
images
--09
--01
--2017
because file system not allowed forward slash as directory name.Instead of this you can create 09012017 or 09-01-2017.

Answer 2

Hey #Milan Mendpara i would like to tell you that you can not make any folder with name char /:*?"<>|, even you can not make a directory in you OS as well. when you try it in you OS then below case will arise
So i think you should change your directory from 09/01/2017 to 09-01-2017, IN my case i dont have ../'Image' directory so i just make a directory where my php file is present so below is you code
<?php
$my_date = "09-01-2017";
$tempDir = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $my_date; // __DIR__ means a path where your php file is present and DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR means __DIR__.'/' and then give you directory name like __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $my_date
if(!is_dir($temp_dir)){
mkdir($temp_dir);
}
?>