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Request #48401 File & Directory Functions: Auto create intermediate directories from filepath
Submitted: 2009-05-26 22:20 UTC Modified: 2021-09-12 04:22 UTC
Votes:5
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:5 of 5 (100.0%)
Same Version:4 (80.0%)
Same OS:3 (60.0%)
From: stefan-nowak-php at mailinator dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: 5.* OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-05-26 22:20 UTC] stefan-nowak-php at mailinator dot com 
Description:
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It would be nice if all/some of PHP's file and directory functions would 
offer a flag AUTO_CREATE_DIRS, which would then cause these functions to 
automatically create directories for the given filepath, which yet don't 
exist.

Many shell tools allow similar functionality (i.e: mkdir -p)

Reproduce code:
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file_put_contents ( "/existing-dir/not-yet-existing-dir/file", "test");
// Warning: file_put_contents (existing-dir/not-yet-existing-dir/file): failed to open stream: No such file or directory



Expected result:
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file_put_contents ( "/existing-dir/not-yet-existing-
dir/sub1/sub2/file.txt", "test", AUTO_CREATE_DIR);
// If my sugestion would be implemented I would then expect PHP to 
automatically create the directories:
// not-yet-existing-dir , sub1, sub2
// and the file:
// file.txt

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 [2009-05-26 22:33 UTC] stefan-nowak-php at mailinator dot com 
User TrentTompkins provides a workaround function at:
http://php.osmirror.nl/manual/de/function.file-put-contents.php#84180

And everyone can built similar workarounds. But as originally said, it 
would be nice if this feature would be included in PHP's built-in file 
and directory functions.
 [2011-04-08 18:16 UTC] jani@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: Filesystem function related -Operating System: +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5.2.9 +PHP Version: 5.*
 [2021-08-31 10:14 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2021-08-31 10:14 UTC] cmb@php.net 
That raises the question, though, what file permissions should be
set.  Since mkdir() allows to specify these explicitly, and it
supports the $recursive parameter, isn't that sufficient?
 [2021-09-12 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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