HELP! ERROR: open_basedir restriction in effect.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:52 pm

Hello,

Has anyone seen this problem? After a clean install, I go to the page and here is the error I get:

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Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/httpd/vhosts/saintlucifer.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 15

Fatal error: Failed opening required '/mainfile.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/saintlucifer.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 15
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I'm hoping someone in here has seen this because I've tried several things including:

1- Checking the PHP.INI file for the line that has "open_basedir" to see if it is commented...It is.
2- Confirming the files are in the correct location.
3- Experimenting with the "/" in front of the filename.

I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks!

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Save this code to a file called info.php and run it

Code:

<?


phpinfo();


?>

Verify that open_basedir is not set.

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:26 am

Thanks Raven, for your quick reply.

It's set to "no value"

Here is the INFO link: www.saintlucifer.com/info.php

Thanks!

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:36 am

Look closer. The LOCAL value is set to
/home/httpd/vhosts/saintlucifer.com/httpdocs:/tmp

That would be the source of your problem.

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:15 am

How do I edit out that info? I don't see that string anywhere in the PHP.INI file.

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:12 am

It would appear, then, that it could be in a .htaccess file. Or, are you sure you're looking at the correct php.ini file? phpinfo() shows several ini files:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path /etc/php.ini

Scan this dir for additional .ini files /etc/php.d

additional .ini files parsed
/etc/php.d/imap.ini,
/etc/php.d/ldap.ini,
/etc/php.d/mysql.ini

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:07 pm

Apparently, a new install did the trick. I don't what I did wrong the first time, but after wiping everything clean and starting over, success!

Thanks for your help, Raven!

ps - My daughter's name is Raven Smile

What a cool name!

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:01 am

Great! What middle name did you pick out to go along with Raven?

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:15 am

Actually, we originally named her Raven Lee, but there were some complications at birth and we got freaked out with the Bruce Lee story and a possible hex, so we changed it to Alex Raven, she turned out perfect...so we named the business after her as well Smile

www.webraven.net

Thanks for your help Raven!