Can't create dir with slash in dir name

Question

Using php 7 on mac os x, I can't create a folder with php mkdir() if the folder name has a slash in it, e.g. Test 24/04/2015.

Here's my PHP code:

$FolderPath = readline("Insert Folder Path "); // I enter /Users/me/Test 24/04/2015
echo "You have entered: " . $FolderPath;
echo "\n";
echo "\n";

$FolderPathResized = $FolderPath . "/Resized";

if (file_exists($FolderPathResized)) {
    echo "The folder $FolderPathResized exists";
    echo "\n";
}else {
    mkdir($FolderPathResized);
}

The error I get is:

mkdir(): No such file or directory in

How can I use mkdir() in such case? My folders will always have dates separates with slashes in the folder name.

You can't even manually create such directory name. See [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/10708449/5447994) — Thamilhan, Jun 27 '16 at 05:46
And even if: that would be a _really_ bad idea: how to you want to use it afterwards? — arkascha, Jun 27 '16 at 05:50

Ctc · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-27T05:51:57.420

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You cannot create directory names with a / in it. Use a _ would be better to separate the date.

This can be done with using the function str_replace() to replace all / with _ in your date.

The error is being shown because it captures the first / and attempts to write it in such a directory and it doesn't exist. You will have to encase it in quotes for it to be read in the first place.

edited Jun 27 '16 at 05:51

answered Jun 27 '16 at 05:50

Ctc

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This is not really an answer. It should have been a comment. – arkascha Jun 27 '16 at 05:50
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He asked how to use mkdir() in such a case. In this case, the only way he can use it is to replace all `_` with `/` to prevent it from being read as the root directory. His error obviously shows that it is reading from the root directory. – Ctc Jun 27 '16 at 05:54
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All I said is: this did not answer the question. And _maybe_ there is a reason why you need a minimum reputation to comment... – arkascha Jun 27 '16 at 05:56
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His question was how can he use mkdir() when his dates separates with a slash. My answer to that is to replace all `/` with `_` , how is that not an answer to his question? – Ctc Jun 27 '16 at 05:58
It does not achieve what the OP asks for. – arkascha Jun 27 '16 at 06:02
Thank you very much for your answers. Worked with the "_" instead of "/", will try to modify all folder as such so wont have any issues in the future. Though dont understand why the down vote, seriously. I am a beginner in programming and I can't even understand why my question was down voted when for me seems ok to ask because I couldnt understand why mkdir() didnt worked... Anyway thank you very much for the answers. – Alex Susanu Jun 27 '16 at 06:25
If I have answered your question, a upvote and a check would be nice :) – Ctc Jun 27 '16 at 06:26
@Ctc I tried to give you an upvote but it gave me this in reply " Once you earn a total of 15 reputation, your votes will change the publicly displayed post score " :((( ... – Alex Susanu Jun 27 '16 at 06:28
@user6387363 its okay :) glad I helped! – Ctc Jun 27 '16 at 06:32
@Ctc I earned 15 reputations, I will gladly give the upvote now :) ! – Alex Susanu Jun 30 '16 at 15:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '20 at 19:40

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You probably have found the answer since this question is 4 years old, but if you want to create a folder with a slash in the name, you can do like this:

mkdir My\:Folder

It will create a folder with name = "My/Folder"

Hope it helps someone :)

answered Jun 19 '20 at 19:40

Vinícius Assis Neves

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