How to Create a Folder If It Doesn’t Already Exist

Have issue with creating a folder if it doesn’t already exist? If you’ve run into a few cases with WordPress installs with Bluehost where you’ve encountered errors with your  WordPress theme because the uploads folder wp-content/uploads was not present. Apparently the Bluehost cPanel WP installer does not create this folder, though HostGator does.

So you need to add code to my theme that checks for the folder and creates it otherwise. This article will show you how to create a folder if it doesn’t already exist.

Create a Folder If It Doesn’t Already Exist

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if (!file_exists('path/to/directory')) {
mkdir('path/to/directory', 0777, true);
}

Note: 0777 is already the default mode for directories and may still be modified by the current umask.