PHP create nested directories for a given path

If a file is to be saved in at path /var/www/a/b/c/d/abc.zip where the directory c and d dont exist then the directories have to created.

Here is a function that uses recursion to check for directories in a path and create them if they do not exist :

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/**     Make a nested path , creating directories down the path     Recursion !! */ function make_path($path) {     $dir = pathinfo($path , PATHINFO_DIRNAME);           if( is_dir($dir) )     {         return true;     }     else     {         if( make_path($dir) )         {             if( mkdir($dir) )             {                 chmod($dir , 0777);                 return true;             }         }     }           return false; } make_path('/var/www/a/b/c/d/abc.zip');

The above will create the directories a b c and d , after that the path can be used to save a file or do something similar.