PHP 4.0 Bug #7842: doc_root setting behavior is wrong

From: jim@perigee.net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.0.3pl1 PHP Bug Type: PHP options/info functions Bug description: doc_root setting behavior is wrong doc_root string - PHP's "root directory" on the server. If PHP is configured with safe mode, no files outside this directory are served. -- Why does php 4 handle this so differently than 3 did, especially when it comes to referencing file locations like when including files? I have had to resort to using either "../" or $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to access included files in PHP4 when before I used to be able to use /name.php notation to absolutely refer to the include files within the web site doc_root directory. We are running PHP in SAFE MODE. I think this may just be an oversight, but, if not, I would love an explanation of the rationale. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7842&edit=1