/**
* Recursively creates new folders from the specified path or paths
*
* @param mixed a single path or an array of paths
* @param number initial permissions for
* @return mixed the cleaned path or array of paths
*/
public static function make_path($path, $permissions = 0755)
{
if (is_array($path)) {
foreach ($path as $p) {
$arr = array();
array_push($arr, filesystem::make_path($p, $permissions));
}
return $arr;
} else {
$path = preg_replace('%/+%', '/', $path);
// remove double slashes
$path = preg_replace('%/$%', '', $path);
// remove trailing slash
$folders = preg_split('%(?!^)/%', $path);
// split into path segments, preserving any initial leading slash
$path = '';
foreach ($folders as $folder) {
$path .= $folder . '/';
if (!file_exists($path)) {
mkdir($path, $permissions);
}
}
return dir($path);
}
}
