Title: PHP Error – realpath(): open_basedir restriction in effect.
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# PHP Error – realpath(): open_basedir restriction in effect.

 *  [vtroia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtroia/)
 * (@vtroia)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-realpath-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect-1/)
 * I am seeing a HUGE number of errors in PHP due all of a sudden, on multiple websites:
 *  realpath(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www) is not within
   the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/domain/:/tmp/)
 * Any idea what may be causing this? is anyone else having this issue?
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 *  Thread Starter [vtroia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtroia/)
 * (@vtroia)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-realpath-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect-1/#post-4532460)
 * Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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