Issue creating path when testing using virtual path (~username)

[ggriffit]

We are trying to run the following script on a website that we do not have live yet. Therefore we are viewing the site using www.servername.com/~username

The issue is that the folder does not get created.

I am thinking this is due to either a permission issue or something. Can someone give me an idea on how to get this resolved? I would think it should work just as if they were running with a domain name???

Code sniplet:

//    CREATE FOLDER FOR PHOTOS
$dir_name = getcwd() . "/../" . "photos$nextHighest";
mkdir( $dir_name, 0755 );
echo "&status=ok&";