PHP mkdir( $recursive = true ) skips last directory

Question

I've got the following piece of code on a PHP 5.2.4 (no safe_mode) linux server:

mkdir( $path, 0777, true );

when I enter a path like:

'/path/to/create/recur/ively/'

all directories are created except for the last one... when I add another directory like:

'/path/to/create/recur/ively/more/'

again, all paths are created except for the last one...

have tried both with and without trailing slashes

Can any1 enlighten me here please?

Answer 1

You'll get this error if you make the silly mistake I did and pass a string, rather than the numeric literal for mode.

mkdir( $path, "0777", true ); // BAD - only creates /a/b

mkdir( $path, 0777, true ); // GOOD - creates /a/b/c/d

Answer 2

The intermediate directories created are set based on the current umask. You want something like this

umask(0777);
mkdir($path, 0777, true);