Create a directory and assert it exists.

Parameters

$path: Optional string with a directory path. If none is provided, a random name in the site's files directory will be used.

Return value

The path to the directory.

File

drupal-7.x/modules/simpletest/tests/file.test, line 174

This provides SimpleTests for the core file handling functionality. These include FileValidateTest and FileSaveTest.

Class

FileTestCase

Base class for file tests that adds some additional file specific assertions and helper functions.

Code

function createDirectory($path = NULL) {
  // A directory to operate on.
  if (!isset($path)) {
    $path = file_default_scheme() . '://' . $this->randomName();
  }
  $this->assertTrue(drupal_mkdir($path) && is_dir($path), 'Directory was created successfully.');
  return $path;
}