PHP Error Message!

anyone know why?

[dreamcatcher]

Hi guys,

A friend of mine keeps getting this error message when she tries to use a PHP program.

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in blah blah

Anyone have any idea whats causing this message? I have a feeling I`ve come up against this in the past and it was something to do with Safe Mode being switched on, not sure now.

[grahamstewart]

Yup sounds like there is an open_basdir restriction in effect (which is related to, but not actually part of, Safe Mode).

When a script tries to open a file with, for example, fopen or gzopen, the location of the file is checked. When the file is outside the specified directory-tree, PHP will refuse to open it. All symbolic links are resolved, so it's not possible to avoid this restriction with a symlink.

See chapter 7 of the manual for more details.

[toadhall]

Also see Chapter 22 [php.net] (Safe Mode).

T

[grahamstewart]

Err... oops. The online manual must be different from the offline one. Chapter 7 is safemode in my one.

So, yeah, I meant chapter 22. :)

[dreamcatcher]

Thanks guys, I figured it was something to do with Safe Mode. I have passed the information and the link on, hopefully she can get the problem sorted out soon.

:)

[WibbleWobble]

dreamcatcher said: Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in blah blah

grahamstewart said: Yup sounds like there is an open_basdir restriction in effect

Nice going, Watson!

;)

[dreamcatcher]

Nice going, Watson!

LOL!

Anyway with regards to the problem, we seem to have it sorted. In pages that use for instance include("config.php"); if you instead enter the full url to that file, it works fine.

Thought you guys might like to know.

:)

[andreasfriedrich]

>>if you instead enter the full url to that file, it works fine

No surprise there, since using an URI as the argument to include will perform an http request.

Andreas

[grahamstewart]

Nice going, Watson!

Sorry perhaps I should have said..

<voice tone="sarcastic">Yup sounds like there is an open_basdir restriction in effect.</voice>

:)