Re: [SMARTY-DEV] Smarty and open_basedir

Does Smarty do a directory search for the file (which would not work because of permissons like '711'), or does it just try to open it? 12/20/2002 10:12:38 AM, "Garland Foster" <garland_foster@salutia.com> wrote: >Monte, > >The open_basedir value in php.ini is ".:/foo/var" (being foo var irrelevant) >The error is seen when smarty tries to write the file of a compiled template >(no problem accessing >existing compiled templates) >The error is produced because the directory structure is not being created >and so the fwrite function fails because the path cannot be found to write >the file. > >The big question is if this is a Smarty bur or an invalid configuration of >open_basedir, is "." a valid value? Why?? Why not? > >Besides that I really don't know why Smarty is examining open_basedir, if >the php script can write to the file then write it if not then we have an >error no matter what open_basedir has since if the path to create a compiled >template is outside open_basedir smarty will fail anyway. Am I wrong? > >Garland > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Monte Ohrt" <monte@ispi.net> >To: "Garland Foster" <garland_foster@salutia.com> >Cc: "Smarty Dev" <smarty-dev@lists.php.net> >Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:35 PM >Subject: Re: [SMARTY-DEV] Smarty and open_basedir > > >> Smarty doesn't try to fail what should normally work AFAIK. Can you >> setup a test script and give me the pertinant php.ini settings? >> >> You could also try $use_sub_dirs = false, see if that helps any. >> >> >> On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 11:18, Garland Foster wrote: >> > I'm using 2.3.1... >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Monte Ohrt" <monte@ispi.net> >> > To: <garland_foster@salutia.com> >> > Cc: "Smarty Dev" <smarty-dev@lists.php.net> >> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:10 PM >> > Subject: Re: [SMARTY-DEV] Smarty and open_basedir >> > >> > >> > > What version of Smarty are you using? I thought this was fixed in >2.3.1. >> > > >> > > On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 07:51, garland_foster@salutia.com wrote: >> > > > Hi people, >> > > > >> > > > A user was having a problem with our application, Smarty was >complaining >> > > > about ot being able to write "%4386/%836823/foo.tpl.php" (Problem >> > writing...) >> > > > I debugged and found that the directories where not being created at >> > > > _write_file by the _create_dirs_structure (or so..) function. >> > > > Why? Because the hosting company had open_basedir configured to >> > > > "." >so >> > > > Smarty wasn't finding a match. >> > > > My questions are: >> > > > >> > > > a)Why does Smarty care about open_basedir isn't it a PHP-level >problem? >> > > > I mean if other PHP applications CAN create a file/dir why do we >make >> > > > Smarty fail? Our user was puzzled because all the permissions where >ok >> > and >> > > > he was able to create the file that Smarty couldn't from a stub php >> > script. >> > > > b)Is the "." value for open_basedir a right value? Why? >> > > > c)If Smarty fails to create directories why are we getting the error >> > when >> > > > trying to create the file for the compiled template when it is >obvious >> > > > that the function will not work if the directories to-be-created >weren't >> > > > created? >> > > > >> > > > If this was already discussed my sincere apologies. >> > > > >> > > > Thanks for your answers!! >> > > -- >> > > Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Smarty Development Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) >> > > To unsubscribe, visit: >> > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > >> > > >> -- >> Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> >> >> >> -- >> Smarty Development Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > >-- >Smarty Development Mailing List (http://smarty.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >