PHP rename() not working to move files

[Johna]

I have a file called index.php (located in the root folder of the website) which creates a file called cat.php in the root folder of the website.

<?php
$title = "cat";
$image = "cat_pics";
$desc = "funny cat pictures";

$content = "<?php include '_data/head.php'; ?><title>" . $title . " | Crazy Chicken Girl</title><?php include '_data/header.php'; ?><?php echo 'Title: " . $title . "'; echo '\nImage: " . $image . "'; echo '\nDescription: " . $desc . "'; ?><?php include '_data/footer.php'; ?>";

$newfile = fopen($title . ".php", "w");
fwrite($newfile, $content);
fclose($newfile);
?>

I want to move the cat.php file to a folder and rename the file index.php, so that the file path will be /cat/index.php.
After a bit of searching I saw that you can move a file using the rename() function, so I added this to my code:

$path = $title . ".php";
$newpath = $title . "/index.php";
rename($path, $newpath);

After adding the rename() function, I have this code, but the rename() function doesn't seem to move the file.

<?php
$title = "cat";
$image = "cat_pics";
$desc = "funny cat pictures";

$content = "<?php include '_data/head.php'; ?><title>" . $title . " | Crazy Chicken Girl</title><?php include '_data/header.php'; ?><?php echo 'Title: " . $title . "'; echo '\nImage: " . $image . "'; echo '\nDescription: " . $desc . "'; ?><?php include '_data/footer.php'; ?>";

$newfile = fopen($title . ".php", "w");
fwrite($newfile, $content);
fclose($newfile);

$path = $title . ".php";
$newpath = $title . "/index.php";
rename($path, $newpath);
?>

 

[Antero360]

yeah, that's what I did, but instead using a few variables

so, as of right now,
you can see /cat.php
can you a directory called 'cat'?
if you do, if you open up the directory, can you see a file called 'index.php'?

 

[Johna]

so, as of right now,
you can see /cat.php
can you a directory called 'cat'?
if you do, if you open up the directory, can you see a file called 'index.php'?

I can see the cat.php, but there is no cat folder

 

[Antero360]

I can see the cat.php, but there is no cat folder

ok the fun part lol
you're going to want to check if the folder already exists, if it doesn't then go ahead and create it

if (!is_dir(dirname($folderName))) {
    mkdir(dirname($folderName), 0777, true);
}

then make your call to rename

 

[Johna]

ok the fun part lol
you're going to want to check if the folder already exists, if it doesn't then go ahead and create it

if (!is_dir(dirname($folderName))) {
    mkdir(dirname($folderName), 0777, true);
}

then make your call to rename

The folder doesn't already exist, I was thinking it would create the folder automatically if it can't find it. lol

Thanks, it's working now.

 

[Antero360]

The folder doesn't already exist, I was thinking it would create the folder automatically if it can't find it. lol

Thanks, it's working now.

linux may work like that lol, but not a programming language lol