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Hey y'all,

I am working on the following script with a wierd problem:
- if a folder 'submitted_pictures' doesn't exist, it fails two to four times before it will succeed in creating the folder.
I am running this php script in a web browser, calling it from a unix web server, creating files on an intranet windows share.

I get the error: Warning: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: File exists in /var/www/html/custcard/custcard_folder_structure.php on line 42

1. <?php
2.
3. // Remove the script time limit for this script
4. set_time_limit(0);
5.
6. // Report ALL errors
7. error_reporting(E_ALL);
8.
9. $start_dir = "/mnt/photo/NO_NAME_ROLLS";
10. chdir($start_dir);
11.
12. // Get all the NO_NAME_ROLLS directories
13. $dirs = glob("*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);
14.
15. $default_dirs = array('dealers','logs','pdf_output','thumbs');
16. $bad_dirs = array();
17. $mode = 0755;
18.
19. if((is_array($dirs)) && (is_array($default_dirs))) {
20. $sd = $start_dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
21. foreach($default_dirs as $de_dir)
22. if(!in_array("'".$de_dir."'", $dirs))
23. if(is_dir($sd.$de_dir) == false)
24. mkdir($sd.$de_dir, $mode) or die($sd.$de_dir.' mkdir failed');
25. foreach($dirs as $dir) {
26. print_r($dir.' ');
27. $strpath = $start_dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
28. if(!in_array($dir,$default_dirs)) $bad_dirs[] = $dir;
29. else {
30. switch($dir) {
31. case 'dealers' : {
32. chdir($dir);
33. $dealer_dirs = glob("*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);
34. if(is_array($dealer_dirs)) {
35. foreach($dealer_dirs as $deal) {
36. print_r($deal.' ');
37. chdir($deal);
38. $deal_subs = glob("*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);
39. if(is_array($deal_subs))
40. if(!in_array('submitted_pictures',$deal_subs))
41. if(!(is_dir($strpath."'".$deal."'".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'submitted_pictures')))
42. (mkdir($strpath.$deal.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'submitted_pictures', $mode))?print_r($strpath.$deal.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'submitted_pictures mkdir succeeded '):print_r($strpath.$deal.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'submitted_pictures mkdir failed ');
43. chdir($strpath);
44. }
45. chdir($start_dir);
46. }
47. break;
48. }
49. case 'pdf_output' : {
50. chdir($dir);
51. $pdf_dirs = glob("*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);
52. if(is_array($pdf_dirs))
53. if(!in_array('printed',$pdf_dirs))
54. if(!is_dir($strpath.'printed')) mkdir($strpath.'printed', $mode)
55. or die('pdf_output/printed mkdir failed ');
56. chdir($start_dir);
57. break;
58. }
59. default : break;
60. }
61. }
62. }
63. }
64. else foreach($default_dirs as $de_dir)
65. if(!is_dir($start_dir.$de_dir))
66. mkdir($start_dir.$de_dir, $mode) or die($start_dir.$de_dir.' mkdir failed');
67. else echo $de_dir.' else folder created. ';
68.
69.
70. if(count($bad_dirs) > 0) {
71. echo ' The following directories are not default!! ';
72. echo implode(', ',$bad_dirs);
73. }
74.
75. ?>

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Bob.

alextr2003fr

try to put @ to not show it :
42. (@mkdir($strpath.$deal.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'submitted_pictures',
seems like it tries to overwrite already existing file/dir, maybe you should check that the file you are writing into does not exist yet? also check the directory levels on this line if(!(is_dir($strpath."'".$deal."'".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'submitted_pictures')

Marcus Bointon

As an alternative to PHP's mkdir function, you can use the system mkdir program with a -p parameter (see 'man mkdir', and calling system functions using system(), exec() etc). Though this is designed for making multiple levels of folders, it will work with a single level, and has the side effect of not generating errors if directories already exist. In PHP5 there's a recursive parameter for mkdir(), but I'm not sure if PHP5's implementation shares this feature - the docs don't say.

BillyBoJimBob

ASKER

alextr2003fr:
>>try to put @ to not show it
This will keep the error from displaying, but when the error occurs, displayed or not, the folder is simply not created.
I need the folder to be created. period.

Squinky:
Calling system calls isn't supported by PHP in that you can't get full error capture, only the last line. That last line is a string: in order to see if it failed or not, you have to parse the string. This may fix the problem in a round about way, but it doesn't tell me what I did wrong with the script I have in place.

I basically want a clean way to figure out why the code I have works, but only after re-running the same code 2 to 5 times.

Bob.

BillyBoJimBob

ASKER

I fixed this by bypassing the samba share problems and put this cron script on a windows server. It works perfectly now.

Bob.

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BillyBoJimBob

ASKER

Squinky,

I will try that. It would help efficiency to keep all my cron jobs on one server.

Thanks,
Bob.

BillyBoJimBob

ASKER

All right folks... Sorry for the delay.

I need to find out if there is a bug with mkdir running on linux creating a directory on a samba share via php?
Running exec() or system() needs to be a last ditch option due to there will be times that I will have to have safe mode on and they won't work when safe mode is on.

I need another viable option.

Thanks,
Bob.

BillyBoJimBob

ASKER

Squinky,

While this solution: ( https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21387727/Warning-mkdir-function-mkdir-File-exists-in.html#13789243 ) may work on systems not running safe mode, I've been told it won't work when safe mode is on. I am no longer serving the company this question was created for. This solution works. Working directly on the Windows share with a windows cron works better for our solution needs.

Since it does work, I'm giving you full kudos.

Thanks again,
Bob.