Can't write to public_html folders.

[aewarnick]

In my public_html directory I cannot change anything with this php code. I can with my ftp program: ftp navigator. What is going on?

Take note, I can write to the root where public_html is but not inside.

$curdir = dirname(stripslashes($_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]));
	// directory to place thumbnail images
	$thumbdir = "thumbnails";

FtpMkdir($curdir, "HI");
if(!is_dir($thumbdir))
{
	FtpMkdir($curdir, $thumbdir);
}

function FtpMkdir($path, $newFolderName)
{
   $server='ftp.foryouandi.com'; // ftp server 
   $connection = ftp_connect($server); // connection 

   $result = ftp_login($connection, "me", "u24v"); 

 if ((!$connection) || (!$result))
{
   return false; 
   exit(); 
 }
 else
 {
 //chmod($path, 0777);
 ftp_site($connection, "CHMOD 777 $path"); 
     ftp_chdir($connection, $path); // go to destination dir 
   if(ftp_mkdir($connection,$newFolderName))
   {
   		ftp_site($connection, "CHMOD 777 $path/$newFolderName");
       return $newDir; 
   }
   else
   { 
       return false;        
   } 
ftp_close($conn_id); // close connection 
   }

Here are the errors:

Warning: ftp_site(): /home/foryouan/public_html/Space: No such file or directory in /home/foryouan/public_html/Space/Thumb.php on line 83

Warning: ftp_chdir(): /home/foryouan/public_html/Space: No such file or directory in /home/foryouan/public_html/Space/Thumb.php on line 84

[aewarnick]

Found out what it is ftp_chdir does not like this path:
/home/foryouan/public_html/Space

It likes this one:
public_html/Space

It there any way to just get the path it likes instead of using:
$curdir = dirname(stripslashes($_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]));