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:

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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