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  <refentry id="function.mkdir">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mkdir</refname>
    <refpurpose>Makes directory</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>mkdir</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>pathname</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>mode</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>.
     <informalexample>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
mkdir ("/path/to/my/dir", 0700);
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </informalexample>
    </para>
    <para>
     &return.success;
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>rmdir</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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