Ajax delete request not working on remote website - ajax

Question

Using php with the laravel framework. I have a delete request to delete a file entry on my website, it's working fine locally but on my webserver it's failing.
// Ajax call
$.ajax({
url: BASE+'/contests/any/entries/any',
type: 'DELETE',
data: {
entry_id : entry_id
},
success: function() {
$(".entry-item#"+entry_id).remove();
}
});
My route:
Route::delete('contests/(:any)/entries/(:any)', 'entry#destroy');
Controller method:
public function delete_destroy() {
$entry = Entry::find(Input::get('entry_id'));
Entry::find($entry->id)->delete();
File::delete(URL::base() . 'public/uploads/' . $entry->filename);
}
When I check ajax requests viewing the network tab in chrome developer tools I get a status 404 not found on this delete method while it's working fine locally in wamp. Can anyone tell me what is wrong here and what this 404 not found exactly means?
What exactly isn't found here?

Answer 1

Actually, 404 not found means that your file doesn't exist and it could be also because of a wrong path and I think it could be because you are using
File::delete(URL::base() . 'public/uploads/' . $entry->filename);
which returns most probably something like
http://yourdomainpublic/uploads/filename
Instead, you can use
File::delete(path('public').'uploads/' . $entry->filename);
Which will output something like this
http://yourdomain/public/uploads/filename