create directory in parent root with php in laravel - php

Question

my site is in /var/www/mysite directory .i use laravel and want to create directory in /uploads directory .so /uploads is besides of /var .
/var/www/mysite
/uploads
i set 0777 permission for /uploads but permission denied happened.
I try with this code
<?php mkdir('/uploads', 0777 , true) ; ?>

Answer 1

Your web user (www-data, apache or whichever) is restricted by the operating system to use /var/www. You can't read,write,delete any files outside /var/www. So that's not a laravel issue.

Answer 2

Function that create all directories (folders) of given path. No need to write code create each directories (folders) of given path. it will create all directories (folders).
Like : If you want to create directory structure like
organizations / 1 / users / 1 /
So you only need to call this function with directories path like
$directories_path = 'organizations/1/users/1/';
createUploadDirectories($directories_path);
/*
* Method Name : createUploadDirectories
* Parameter : null
* Task : Loading view for create directries for upload
*/
if ( ! function_exists('createUploadDirectories')){
function createUploadDirectories($upload_path=null){
if($upload_path==null) return false;
$upload_directories = explode('/',$upload_path);
$createDirectory = array();
foreach ($upload_directories as $upload_directory){
$createDirectory[] = $upload_directory;
$createDirectoryPath = implode('/',$createDirectory);
if(!is_dir($createDirectoryPath)){
$old = umask(0);
mkdir($createDirectoryPath,0777);// Create the folde if not exist and give permission
umask($old);
}
}
return true;
}
}

Answer 3

Do this:
Use File;
File::makeDirectory(base_path() . '/path/to/directory', 0775, true);
This will attempt to create /path if it doesn't exist. Then /path/to if it doesn't exist. And finally /path/to/directory if it doesn't exist. If all created directories are successfully created then true will be returned.
If you want to place the directory in your public path; use:
File::makeDirectory(public_path() . '/path/to/directory', 0775, true);
Source: Laravel Recipes