open_basedir

My host currently has open_basedir() enabled, and unfortunately, they don't know how to disable it :p I'd like open_basedir() disabled because it would make my life easier, I can hide certain files underneath the web root. So I've done some quick research. I'm looking at the ini_set() function: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php If i have my host insert this line into php.ini, and restart the apache server, then everything should work just dandy, right? ini_set(open_basedir, FALSE); ?