How do I check if a directory exists? "is_dir", "file_exists" or both?

Question

I want to create a directory if it does not exist already.

Is using the is_dir function enough for that purpose?

if ( !is_dir( $dir ) ) {     mkdir( $dir );        } 

Or should I combine is_dir with file_exists?

if ( !file_exists( $dir ) && !is_dir( $dir ) ) {     mkdir( $dir );        }  

Answer 1

Both would return true on Unix systems - in Unix everything is a file, including directories. But to test if that name is taken, you should check both. There might be a regular file named 'foo', which would prevent you from creating a directory name 'foo'.

Answer 2

$dirname = $_POST["search"]; $filename = "/folder/" . $dirname . "/";  if (!file_exists($filename)) {     mkdir("folder/" . $dirname, 0777);     echo "The directory $dirname was successfully created.";     exit; } else {     echo "The directory $dirname exists."; }