[FIXED] How to disable "ini_set" and "exec" for a particular VirtualHost?

Issue

I'm already using open_basedir to restrict a VirtualHost to a certain directory:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName test.example.com
  DocumentRoot /sites/test/www
  php_admin_value "open_basedir" "/sites/test/www"
  <Directory />
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

How to disable the use of ini_set or exec, but only for this particular VirtualHost (and not for the others)?

Solution

You're looking for the disable_functions entry in your php.ini. So you want a different php.ini for your particular VirtualHost. That could be done via "PHPINIDir"

<virtualhost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    DocumentRoot /path/to/example.com
    PHPINIDir /whatever/path/to/php.ini
</virtualhost>

UPDATE: I removed the example with php_admin_value because, as others have noted in the comments, it wouldn't work with this particular setting. As was discussed here: php_admin_value disable_functions not working ( sorry ... should have looked it up beforehand).

Answered By - Daniel Heinrich

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (PHPFixing Admin)

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[FIXED] jpgraph Warning (2): file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect

Issue

I'm having a trouble on making the jpgraph's image work on the web. When I run it in localhost the jpgraphs works but when I uploaded it there is an error message:

Warning (2): file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arialbd.ttf) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) [APP/Vendor/jpgraph/jpgraph-3.5.0b1/src/jpgraph_ttf.inc.php, line 505]

and this

Warning (2): file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arialbd.ttf) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) [APP/Vendor/jpgraph/jpgraph-3.5.0b1/src/jpgraph_ttf.inc.php, line 510]

If you guys have any questions for clarifications please don't hesitate to ask. Thank You in advance

Solution

This is actually an issue with your PHP configuration, not CakePHP.

From http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php

Limit the files that can be accessed by PHP to the specified directory-tree

Open your php.ini, look for the open_basedir line, and comment it out.

Restart webserver and you should be good to go.

Answered By - robmcvey

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