Trying to validate a folder being dynamically created using PHP - php

Question

I am trying validate: whether or not the folder I am attempting to create exists. Sure, I get a message... an error message :/ telling me it does! (if it doesn't exist, no error message, and everything goes as planned).
It outputs this error message
Directory exists
Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: File exists in /home/***/public_html/***/formulaires/processForm-test.php on line 75
UPLOADS folder has NOT been created
The current code I use is this one:
$dirPath = $_POST['company'];
if(is_dir($dirPath))
echo 'Directory exists';
else
echo 'directory not exist';
function ftp_directory_exists($ftp, $dirPath)
{
// Get the current working directory
$origin = ftp_pwd($ftp);
// Attempt to change directory, suppress errors
if (#ftp_chdir($ftp, $dirPath))
{
// If the directory exists, set back to origin
ftp_chdir($ftp, $origin);
return true;
}
// Directory does not exist
return false;
}
$result = mkdir($dirPath, 0755);
if ($result == 1) {
echo '<br/>'.$dirPath . " has been created".'<br/>';
} else {
echo '<br/>'.$dirPath . " has NOT been created".'<br/>';
}
I added the middle part recently (I don't know if that would even have an impact). The one that starts off with "function ftp_directory_exists($ftp, $dirPath)"

Answer 1

Use file_exists() to check if a file / directory exists:
if(!file_exists('/path/to/your/directory')){
//yay, the directory doesn't exist, continue
}

Answer 2

The function ftp_directory_exists you added won't have any impact on your code as it is never called...
You might tried something like this (not tested...) :
$dirPath = $_POST['company'];
$dirExists = is_dir($dirPath);
if(!dirExists)
$dirExists = mkdir($dirPath, 0755);
echo '<br/>'.$dirPath . (($dirExists)? "" : "DO NOT") . " exists".'<br/>';