- "FTP server reports 550" error

Asked Sep 03 '17 at 14:53

Active Sep 03 '17 at 15:38

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I'm trying to write a file from one hosting account to another (same server) with the following code (credentials redacted):

$fn = 'foo.bar';
$ftp_user = 'user@mydomain.com';
$ftp_pass = 'my-pass';
$ftp_host = 'ip.xx.xx.xx';
$ftp_uri = 'ftp://'.$ftp_user.':'.$ftp_pass.'@'.$ftp_host.'/home/user/public_html/test_dir/'.$fn;
$content = 'asdq3ersesdf';
$options = array('ftp' => array('overwrite' => true));
$stream = stream_context_create($options);
file_put_contents($ftp_uri, $content, 0, $stream);

But I get:

failed to open stream: FTP server reports 550 Can't check for file existence in...

I've verified the account credentials are correct.

This answer talks about the need in PHP to specify the full path to the dir, including account username. The path above is correct, i.e. /home/user/public_html/test_dir.

This answer says something about having to set file size, but that question is about reading, not writing.

What am I doing wrong?

[[UPDATE]]

Interestingly, everything works fine if I use PHP's dedicated FTP funcs e.g. ftp_put(), just not via the protocol.

edited Sep 03 '17 at 15:38

asked Sep 03 '17 at 14:53

Mitya

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Does the file your trying to write exist? If so is it read only? – Nigel Ren Sep 03 '17 at 15:22
Doesn't exist.. – Mitya Sep 03 '17 at 15:22
Have you tried an interactive ftp program (i.e. filezilla), see how that copes? – Nigel Ren Sep 03 '17 at 15:23
Yeah - it works fine in Filezilla. It even works fine if I use PHP's dedicated FTP funcs e.g. `ftp_put()`, just not via the protocol. – Mitya Sep 03 '17 at 15:37
Do you have an access to server-side log? – Martin Prikryl Sep 03 '17 at 18:34

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