What should I do if the PHP open_basedir error occurs in the VestaCP panel?

Solving the PHP open_basedir error in the VestaCP panel

What is PHP open_basedir?

• The PHP open_basedir protection tweak is a safe-mode security measure that prevents users from using PHP to open files or scripts located outside of their home directory, unless that folder has been explicitly excluded.
• Enabling the PHP open_basedir setting will ensure that all file operations are restricted to files under a certain directory, preventing php scripts from a specific user from accessing files in unauthorized user accounts.
• When the script tries to open the file with e.g. fopen() or gzopen(), the location of the file is checked.

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When a file exceeds the specified or allowed directory tree, PHP will refuse to open it, an error similar to the following may occur:

PHP Warning: require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/admin/web/project/www/app/autoload.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/admin/web/project/public_shtml:/home/admin/tmp) in /home/admin/web/project/www/web/app.php on line 6

PHP Warning: require(/home/admin/web/project/www/app/autoload.php): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/admin/web/project/www/web/app.php on line 6

PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/home/admin/web/project/www/web/../app/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home/admin/web/project/www/web/app.php on line 6

Solution

Step 1: Access the corresponding domain name "WEB Service".

Step 2: Modify "Web Template HTTPD"

• Please change "Web Template HTTPD" from "default" to "phpcgi" ▼

Step 3: Restart the Apache service using the following command ▼

service httpd restart

This is a common problem in Linux systems. Just follow the steps above; no code modification is required, and it can be quickly resolved in just 3 steps. It's very simple! ^_^

Attention points

• Never choose "phpfcgid", because it is easy to consume too much memory and cause frequent 500 error problems.

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