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Originally Posted by Airwork

This is really the script I've been looking for, it looks just great.
Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. Tried everything, looked everywhere and am now desperate. Hope someone knows a brilliant solution to this:

Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/lib/php/webwelcome.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/htdocs/airwork) in /www/htdocs/airwork/test.php on line 17

Warning: main(/usr/local/lib/php/webwelcome.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: Operation not permitted in /www/htdocs/airwork/test.php on line 17

Warning: main() [function.main]: Failed opening '/usr/local/lib/php/webwelcome.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/htdocs/airwork/test.php on line 17

You can find it at http://www.airwork.nl/test.php

I contacted my host, but they say it has to do with my path, which I should set to usr/local/lip/php. I did as instructed, but still get the same error.

Anyone???

You may want to contact your host again. It is a server issue. The admistrator is restricting access to specific directories. Usually in a hosting environment, they only allow you to access your directories. This is a security issue. Try placing the file within a directory you know works. Then try it.

Also you can call them to make sure that you can create more folders within that dir and that the config of the server os allows it.

Below is some info about what open_basedir is all about.

open_basedir string
Limit the files that can be opened by PHP to the specified directory-tree, including the file itself. This directive is NOT affected by whether Safe Mode is turned On or Off.

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.

The special value . indicates that the directory in which the script is stored will be used as base-directory.

Under Windows, separate the directories with a semicolon. On all other systems, separate the directories with a colon. As an Apache module, open_basedir paths from parent directories are now automatically inherited.

The restriction specified with open_basedir is actually a prefix, not a directory name. This means that "open_basedir = /dir/incl" also allows access to "/dir/include" and "/dir/incls" if they exist. When you want to restrict access to only the specified directory, end with a slash. For example: "open_basedir = /dir/incl/"