in my test.php I put file_exists('/usr/share/wordpress/wp-config.php'); this throws an error Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/share/wordpress/wp-config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/blog:/usr/share/wordpress) in /var/www/blog/www/test.php on line 2 The configuration of my apache virtual host says php_admin_value open_basedir '/var/www/blog:/usr/share/wordpress' What is going on? /usr/share/wordpress/wp-config.php is definitily within /usr/share/wordpress, isnt it? -- Markus Falb -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php