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  <refentry id="function.mkdir">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mkdir</refname>
    <refpurpose>Makes directory</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>mkdir</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>pathname</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>recursive</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>context</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Attempts to create the directory specified by pathname.
    </para>
    <para>
     Note that you probably want to specify the mode as an
     octal number, which means it should have a leading zero.
     The mode is also modified by the current umask, which you
     can change using <function>umask</function>.
    </para>
    <para>
     <note>
      <para>
       Mode is ignored on Windows, and became optional in PHP 4.2.0.
      </para>
     </note>
    </para>
    <para>
     The mode is 0777 by default, which means the widest possible
     access. For more information on modes, read the details
     on the <function>chmod</function> page.
     <example>
     <title><function>mkdir</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
mkdir("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     &return.success;
    </para>
    <note>
     <simpara>
      As of PHP 5.0.0 <function>mkdir</function> can also be
      used with <emphasis>some</emphasis> URL wrappers.  Refer to <xref linkend="wrappers"/>
      for a listing of which wrappers support <function>mkdir</function>.
     </simpara>
    </note>
    &note.context-support;
    <note>
     <simpara>
      The <parameter>recursive</parameter> parameter was added as of PHP 5.0.0.
     </simpara>
    </note>
    &note.sm.uidcheck.dir;
    <para>
     See also <function>rmdir</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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