wp_mkdir_p

Source code

function wp_mkdir_p( $target ) {

	// from php.net/mkdir user contributed notes

	$target = str_replace( '//', '/', $target );



	// safe mode fails with a trailing slash under certain PHP versions.

	$target = rtrim($target, '/'); // Use rtrim() instead of untrailingslashit to avoid formatting.php dependency.

	if ( empty($target) )

		$target = '/';



	if ( file_exists( $target ) )

		return @is_dir( $target );



	// Attempting to create the directory may clutter up our display.

	if ( @mkdir( $target ) ) {

		$stat = @stat( dirname( $target ) );

		$dir_perms = $stat['mode'] & 0007777;  // Get the permission bits.

		@chmod( $target, $dir_perms );

		return true;

	} elseif ( is_dir( dirname( $target ) ) ) {

			return false;

	}



	// If the above failed, attempt to create the parent node, then try again.

	if ( ( $target != '/' ) && ( wp_mkdir_p( dirname( $target ) ) ) )

		return wp_mkdir_p( $target );



	return false;

}