relative path and open_basedir problem

(if I use an absolute path it works fine -->> no chmod problem !!) I am using smarty with the following configuration on linux os $tpl->compile_dir = 'smarty/templates_c'; //relative path !! usage of "open_basedir" and I receive: Warning: Smarty error: problem writing './smarty/templates_c/%%-91/%%-914269518/newsticker.tpl.php.' because of a problem in: Smarty.class.php -> function _create_dir_structure($dir) $_make_new_dir is every time false because of the loop foreach ($_open_basedirs as $_open_basedir) { } where the if clause: if (substr($_new_dir.'/', 0, strlen($_open_basedir)) == $_open_basedir) never is true $_new_dir contains the relative path and $_open_basedir contains the absolute path Is this really a problem? Is it possible to fix it in the next version? Torsten Zachert - teserco -