mkdir always sets folders to read-only? - php

Question

i am trying to create folders from within php. Whenever i use the mkdir function with permission 0777 i get a read-only folder. I want this folder to be read & write.
The parent folder (drive/) is fully writable and readable for every user.
This is what i use: mkdir(ABSPATH . 'drive/' . $folderName, 0777);
I have also tried to use it without any additional paramaters: mkdir(ABSPATH . 'drive/' . $folderName);
Any ideas why this is and how to fix this so that i can generate folders that has write access?

Answer 1

In a shared environment, mkdir fails to set the permissions properly. A workaround is to set the chmod with chmod() after you've created the directory.

Answer 2

You can have write permission too with mkdir..Here is the code
<?php
$dir = 'myDir';
// create new directory with 744 permissions if it does not exist yet
// owner will be the user/group the PHP script is run under
if ( !file_exists($dir) ) {
mkdir ($dir, 0744);
}
file_put_contents ($dir.'/test.txt', 'Hello File');
Found the source from here

Answer 3

the issue probably is the mask :)
if (!function_exists('mkdir_r')) {
/**
* create directory recursively
* #param $dirName
* #param int $rights
* #param string $dir_separator
* #return bool
*/
function mkdir_r($dirName, $rights = 0744, $dir_separator = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
$dirs = explode($dir_separator, $dirName);
$dir = '';
$created = false;
foreach ($dirs as $part) {
$dir .= $part . $dir_separator;
if (!is_dir($dir) && strlen($dir) > 0) {
$created = mkdir($dir, $rights);
}
}
return $created;
}
}
if (!function_exists('ensure_dir')) {
/**
* ensure directory exist if not create
* #param $dir_path
* #param int $mode
* #param bool $use_mask
* #param int $mask
* #return bool
*/
function ensure_dir($dir_path, $mode = 0744, $use_mask = true, $mask = 0002) {
// set new mask
$old_mask = $use_mask && $mask != null
? umask($mask)
: null;
try {
return is_dir($dir_path) || mkdir_r($dir_path, $mode);
} finally {
if ($use_mask && $old_mask != null) {
// restore original mask
umask($old_mask);
}
}
}
}