Check If Folder Exists Before Create Directory in Laravel

In this article, You will learn How to Check If Folder Exists Before creating a Directory in Laravel

Suresh Ramani

Published:

1 year ago

Using Laravel's Storage class function exists() you can quickly determine whether a directory is present or not. Additionally, the Storage class has a makeDirectory() function that you can use to create folders and specify their permissions.

Check If Folder Exists Before creating Directory in Laravel

Create a directory with Storage Facades

Syntax

@method static bool makeDirectory(string $path)

Example

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
if(!Storage::exists($path)) {
    Storage::makeDirectory($path); //creates directory
}

Create a directory with File Facades

Syntax

@method static bool makeDirectory(string $path, int $mode = 0755, bool $recursive = false, bool $force = false)

Example

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
if(!File::exists($path)) {
    File::makeDirectory($path, 0777, true); //creates directory
}

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