how to create folder on amazon ec2 linux aws server using php

Question

$structure = '/upload';
if (!mkdir($structure, 0, true)) {
    die('Failed to create folders...');
}

this is my code, but i m not been able to create directory.it shows me the error Failed to create folders.

Answer 1

I don't think you can create folders in the root directory with PHP as it does not have the permission to do that.

However, what you probably could do, is to create a folder in the root directory through an ssh terminal and use that folder for your application

sudo mkdir /myApp

Next, set write permissions to myApp folder

 sudo chmod -R 777 myApp

subsequently, you would be able to create your "uploads" folder in /myApp