PHP ftp_delete can't find file

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When I try to use ftp_delete() I get the error: Warning: ftp_delete(): File not found. My ftp server should be working fine, I can upload files fine to the same directory without a problem. Here is the PHP:

$fileSource = 'http://localhost/user/images/dfdf.png';
$ftpCon = ftp_connect('localhost');
ftp_login($ftpCon,'---','---');
ftp_delete($ftpCon,$fileSource);

Also when I look at the server logs I can see I get the message: 550 File not found

The url for $fileSource is the file's exact path, I went into localhost and copy/pasted it into the code, still for some reason it can't be found.

It's long since I last used php and I can't even remember for how long I haven't used php with ftp. But I think that the correct usage is ftp_delete(connection, path), where path is relative to ftp root, not as your $fileSource, which is URL. — Marko Gresak
– Marko Gresak, Commented Jul 12, 2014 at 22:31

bzeaman · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-12 22:31:25Z

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The ftp_delete function acccepts a path to the file. You are providing http://localhost/user/images/dfdf.png which contains the host (http://localhost/). I think you mean to provide /user/images/dfdf.png, which is just the path.

Example:

 ftp_delete($ftpCon, '/user/images/dfdf.png');

When, for example, your FTP root is /user/, it will mean you need to provide ftp_delete with /images/dfdf.png. Thanks to @maremp.

answered Jul 12, 2014 at 22:31

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Marko Gresak Over a year ago

That is correct, if the ftp has same root directory as php server.

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