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Asked: 2026-06-04T12:45:21+00:00

I’m trying to create a new ftp account when a PHP form is processed.

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I’m trying to create a new ftp account when a PHP form is processed. If I enter this address in my browser’s address bar:

http://cpanel_username:cpanel_password@$mydomain.com:2082/json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_version=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=Ftp&cpanel_jsonapi_func=addftp&user=ftp_username&pass=ftp_password&homedir=/the/users/homefolder&quota=0

… json formatted results are shown on the screen and an ftp account is created as specified. However, when I use it in a PHP file, I can’t get it to work! Here’s what I have:

$user = "cpanel_username";
$pass = "cpanel_password";
$domain = "mydomain.com";
$fuser = "ftp_username";
$fpass = "ftp_password";
$fhomedir = "/the/users/homefolder";

$url = "http://$user:$pass@$domain:2082/json-api/cpanel?cpanel_jsonapi_version=2&cpanel_jsonapi_module=Ftp&cpanel_jsonapi_func=addftp&user=$fuser&pass=$fpass&homedir=$fhomedir&quota=0";

file_get_contents($url);

I also tried using CURL:

function new_get_file_contents($url) {
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 10; 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$file_contents = curl_exec($ch); 
curl_close($ch);
return $file_contents;
}

new_get_file_contents($url);

Any ideas why I can’t get this to work?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s likely not working because cURL doesn’t have access to a cPanel session / cookies. Entering the URL works directly in a web browser, because the browser is preserving the cPanel session state between requests. The only way to solve this problem is to first login to cPanel using cURL and HTTP POST requests.

    Tools like FireBug and Fiddler can help you see the HTML form elements or exact HTTP POST fields, including HTTP headers, sent when logging in. Emulating the login form process with cURL and then including your code should do the trick.

    This may help you move along:

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