# Folder creation in document root folder i,e app-\>webroot

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/folder-creation-in-document-root-folder-i-e-app-webroot/4214>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Created:** [April 24, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/folder-creation-in-document-root-folder-i-e-app-webroot/4214 "2018-04-24T10:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![abhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@abhi](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/abhi)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/folder-creation-in-document-root-folder-i-e-app-webroot/4214/1 "2018-04-24T10:08:27Z")

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I need to create a folder in app-\>webroot through an Api i tried using  
$path = ‘files’ . DS . ‘pathtofolder’;  
$folder = new Folder($path, true, 0755);  
error: Fatal error class Folder dosent exist