openbase_dir and subdirectories

Question

i will have numerous subdirectories eg. /home/a, /home/a/file, /home/a/txt, /home/b, /home/b/file, /home/b/txt, etc.

the subdirectories are created on demand. i need to add all subdirectories to open_basedir.

pls advise how to make open_basedir recognise all subdirectories of a top path?

Answer 1

From http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir

The restriction specified with open_basedir is a directory name since PHP 5.2.16 and 5.3.4. Previous versions used it as a prefix. This means that "open_basedir = /dir/incl" also allowed 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/

/dir/incl/ = only the directory no subdirectories

dir/incl = all subdirectories

Answer 2

If Apache doesn't find some directory within specified path -- upgrading of some php module may fix the problem. I have such problem when used PHP 5.3.15 and eAccelerator which has been installed when I used PHP 5.3.3.

PHP with eAccelerator was unable to include all subdirectories within specified open_basedir, until I upgraded eAccelerator to appropriate version of PHP.

Answer 3

open_basedir means all subdirectories are available, once the basedir is on your include_path. You will of course need to make sure any paths to included files are correct, e.g. If you want something in /home/b/file you'll need to

include('b/file/myfile.php');