Title: PHP Warning open_basedir restriction in effect
Last modified: November 25, 2020

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# PHP Warning open_basedir restriction in effect

 *  Resolved [Clementbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementbb/)
 * (@clementbb)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/)
 * Hello,
 * I noticed my server logs were constantly filled with the following warnings:
 * `PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/) is not
   within the allowed path(s): (/home/clients/******/prod/**********:/tmp:/usr/share/
   php:/usr/share/pear:/home/clients/muwps:/dev/urandom) in /home/clients/******/
   prod/**********/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/woocommerce-
   pdf-invoices-packingslips.php on line 127`
 * `PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/) is not
   within the allowed path(s): (/home/clients/******/prod/**********:/tmp:/usr/share/
   php:/usr/share/pear:/home/clients/muwps:/dev/urandom) in /home/clients/******/
   prod/**********/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-pdf-invoices-packing-slips/woocommerce-
   pdf-invoices-packingslips.php on line 134`
 * Any idea what it means and why ? I guess it’s about a file path but I don’t know
   more…
    Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [alexmigf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexmigf/)
 * (@alexmigf)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/#post-13707827)
 * Hello [@clementbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementbb/)
 * That’s not an issue, we are just checking `file_exists` for files from an older
   version of the plugin inside `wp-content/plugins/languages`. We are going to 
   remove that fallback in a future release.
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [Clementbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementbb/)
 * (@clementbb)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/#post-13707949)
 * Ok thanks, so it’s not host related ?
 *  Plugin Contributor [alexmigf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexmigf/)
 * (@alexmigf)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/#post-13708083)
 * Hi [@clementbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementbb/)
 * No, it’s just our plugin looking for files that don’t exist because you’re running
   a recent version. Don’t need to worry, we will remove that in a next release.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [alexmigf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexmigf/).
 *  Thread Starter [Clementbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clementbb/)
 * (@clementbb)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/#post-13708094)
 * Thanks for your explanation, i’ll check the next version then : )
    have nice 
   day
 *  Plugin Contributor [alexmigf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexmigf/)
 * (@alexmigf)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/#post-13708110)
 * Have a nice day too 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [alexmigf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexmigf/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-open_basedir-restriction-in-effect/#post-13708110)
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