ftp_connect fails for networksolution hosting using PHP

Question

Why ftp_connect () fails for networksolution hosting using PHP? and produce following error as:

500: Internal server error This error is generated when a script running on the server could not be implemented or permissions are incorrectly assigned for files or directories

Troubleshooting suggestions:

Temporarily disable any rewrite rules by renaming your .htaccess file if it exists.

Ensure that any CGI or Perl scripts have at least .755. permissions.

If trying to run PHP and you get this error, you may have an invalid php.ini in your /cgi-bin, or may be missing your php.dat file in this folder.

Answer 1

The error 500 indicates a fatal error in the PHP code.

The only reason I can imagine, why the ftp_connect can fail fatally, is that the function actually does not exist. Meaning, your PHP installation was built without an FTP support.

See https://www.php.net/manual/en/ftp.installation.php

What does function_exists("ftp_connect") return?