How do I check if a directory exists? “is_dir”, “file_exists” or both?

Question

I want to create a directory if it does\'nt exist already.

Is using is_dir enough for that purpose?

if ( !is_dir( $dir ) ) {
    mkdir(          


        

Answer 1

A way to check if a path is directory can be following:

function isDirectory($path) {
    $all = @scandir($path);
    return $all !== false;
}

NOTE: It will return false for non-existant path too, but works perfectly for UNIX/Windows