open_basedir problem

Okay, I've tried a bunch of things on this one and can't figure it
out.

The line in my phpinfo:
open_basedir /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/subdomains/intranet/httpdocs:/
tmp no value

Why would I get a "Warning: move_uploaded_file(): open_basedir
restriction in effect." error message if I've used SSH to set the
Master open_basedir value to "no value" (as evidenced by phpinfo)?
I've tried using an .htaccess file to do a php_admin_value
open_basedir "" to set the Local value as well but that always yields
an Internal Server Error (probably my lack of knowledge on .htaccess)
and I believe the Master value should override that anyway.

I've also tried setting the Master value to be all inclusive (i.e. "/
var") and still get the same open_basedir restriction error. Any help
would be greatly appreciated as I'm at wits end.

I'm running I'm running PHP Version 4.3.9 if that makes a difference.

re: open_basedir problem

rdlowrey wrote:It should be

open_basedir=/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/subdomains/intranet/httpdocs:/tmp/

And where did the "no value" come from? If that's in the line, then PHP
may be taking the last directory as "/tmp no value".
How did you change it with SSH? And after changing it, did you
stop/restart Apache?

And open_basedir cannot be set in .htaccess. This is a security
precaution to prevent users on shared hosting from changing it and
accessing things they shouldn't.

You also need /tmp/ in your list to be able to access the /tmp/ directory.

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re: open_basedir problem

And where did the "no value" come from? If that's in the line, then PHPFoiled by text formatting. Let me clarify ... the master value in my
phpinfo is empty so that when i call phpinfo() in a browser it just
shows "no value" in the master column. I've also tried and currently
have the master value for open_basedir as:

/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com:/tmp

BECAUSE ...
I've got files in subdomain A (/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/subdomains/
intranet/httpdocs)

And I need to access these with a file_exists() from pages in
subdomain B (/var/www/vhosts/mysite.com/subdomains/clients/httpdocs)

SO ... /var/www/vhosts/mysite.com:/tmp should allow me to access
file_exists() calls between the two subdomains, right?

I changed the open_basedir value in my php.ini file from the shell:
vi /etc/php.ini
Yes, I restarted apache.