How can you check if PHP has the necessary write permissions in a specific directory?

To check if PHP has the necessary write permissions in a specific directory, you can use the `is_writable()` function in PHP. This function returns true if the specified directory is writable by the PHP script, and false otherwise. By using this function, you can determine whether PHP has the necessary permissions to write to a specific directory.

$directory = '/path/to/directory';

if (is_writable($directory)) {
    echo "The directory is writable by PHP.";
} else {
    echo "The directory is not writable by PHP.";
}