open_basedir restriction warnings in Wordpress

Question

I get this problem in my backup database in wordpress in wp-admin. How should I fix it?

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(E:\Inetpub\vhosts\churrascaria-gaucho.com\httpdocs/.maintenance) is not within the allowed path(s): (E:/Inetpub/vhosts/churrascaria-gaucho.com\;C:\Windows\Temp) in E:\Inetpub\vhosts\churrascaria-gaucho.com\httpdocs\wp-includes\load.php on line 146

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at E:\Inetpub\vhosts\churrascaria-gaucho.com\httpdocs\wp-includes\load.php:146) in E:\Inetpub\vhosts\churrascaria-gaucho.com\httpdocs\wp-includes\pluggable.php on line 881

Answer 1

The open_basedir function defines the locations or paths from which PHP is allowed to access files using functions like fopen() and gzopen(). If a file is outside of the paths defined by open_basdir, PHP will refuse to open it. That's why you are receiving this warning. you can turned off open basedir restrictions in the Apache configuration file, httpd.conf, with the following line: php_admin_value open_basedir none.