check dir exists php code example

Example 1: check directory exists in php

<?php
$directory = "./videos/category/";
if (!file_exists($directory)) {
  mkdir($directory, 0777, true);
}
?>

Example 2: php check if folder exists

<?php
$filename = '/path/to/foo.txt';

if (file_exists($filename)) {
    echo "The file $filename exists";
} else {
    echo "The file $filename does not exist";
}
?>