CakePHP – Open_Basedir Restriction in Effect

Jonny — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:37:17 +0000

Just deployed a CakePHP on a domain running PLESK and dismayed by the fact that your screen is over-flowing with warning about open_basedir restriction in effect? Fear not, the solution is straight forward (if a little frustrating to track down!)

The problem is caused by this line (line 69, in CakePHP 1.2.0.6311) in /app/webroot/index.php:

ini_set(‘include_path’, CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . PATH_SEPARATOR . ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS . PATH_SEPARATOR . ini_get(‘include_path’));

Yep, the simple ini_set command – the clues should start coming in thick and fast that ini_set is causing the problem due to the fact taht open_basedir complains about paths with :’s in their structure. (:’s being the delimiter for automatically included paths). To fix the problem you can either remove the if logic that calls “function_exists(’ini_set’)”, or, if you prefer to fix things the corret way, modify the line to remove the final stub:

ini_set(‘include_path’, CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . PATH_SEPARATOR . ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS);

Good luck, hope that saves someone a headache! :)

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CakePHP – Open_Basedir Restriction in Effect