Re: Re: Does file_exists() 'honour' open_basedir?

Perhaps you saw it here: http://php.net/file_exists Search the page for "ceo at l-i-e dot com" or "open_basedir". David DRYALLS wrote: > Let me try and answer my own question. I've *heard* that since PHP v4.3.2 > file_exists() returne an open_basedir warning, but earlier PHP versions did > not. Is this true? > > ""DRYALLS"" <rcthelp@lineone.net> wrote in message > news:EC.E4.06819.3D608D34@pb1.pair.com... >> I have 2 different PHP installs, each are slightly different versions, and >> each have different open_basedir restictions. >> >> I have a PHP script that fails on ONE of the installs but NOT the other. >> >> The line that fails is $foo = file_exists("/proc/loadavg"); >> >> What I don't understand is why one script fails, yet the other does not >> because NEITHER have /proc in the open_basedir path. >> >> What could be different about the PHP configs that makes one report a PHP >> warning, yet the other does not? > -- David Grant http://www.grant.org.uk/ http://pear.php.net/package/File_Ogg 0.2.1 http://pear.php.net/package/File_XSPF 0.1.0