Background of the issue:
I was trying to update my staging website by installing all updates for Divi, plugins, and WordPress. After updating WordPress from version 6.6.1 to 6.7.1, I encountered PHP warnings. The real paths are overwritten by the string 'l10n.php', causing incorrect paths. Here are the installed WPML plugins with their respective versions: WPML Multilingual CMS 4.6.14, String Translation 3.2.16, Contact Form 7 Multilingual 1.3.2, WPML SEO 2.1.0.1, Media Translation 2.7.5. Although these are warnings, I am concerned they might cause other errors during website management operations.
Symptoms:
PHP warnings appear in the log file indicating 'file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect'. The warnings specify that certain files are not within the allowed paths, and this issue seems to have occurred after updating WordPress.
[03-Dec-2024 11:55:34 UTC] PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/stagl10n.phpin.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/Divi/core/languages/it_IT.l10n.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/stage.mydomain.com/public_html/:/home/stage.mydomain.com/tmp/:/tmp/) in /home/stage.mydomain.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wpml-string-translation/classes/MO/Hooks/LoadTextDomain.php on line 173
[03-Dec-2024 11:55:35 UTC] PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/stagl10n.phpin.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/includes/languages/divi-blog-extras-it_IT.l10n.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/stage.mydomain.com/public_html/:/home/stage.mydomain.com/tmp/:/tmp/) in /home/stage.mydomain.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wpml-string-translation/classes/MO/Hooks/LoadTextDomain.php on line 173
[03-Dec-2024 11:55:35 UTC] PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/stagl10n.phpin.com/public_html/wp-content/languages/wpml/admin_texts_wpseo_titles-it_IT.l10n.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/stage.mydomain.com/public_html/:/home/stage.mydomain.com/tmp/:/tmp/) in /home/stage.mydomain.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wpml-string-translation/classes/MO/Hooks/LoadTextDomain.php on line 173
Questions:
How can the PHP warnings be fixed?
Can these warnings cause other errors during website management operations?
Hi,
as you suggested I tested the website on a new server with PHP 8.1.31 (debian) and I found the same issue with this version too.
I also verified that on your sandbox, in the php configuration the open_basedir directive is not set and probably for this reason you can't reproduce the issue. hidden link
Try if setting
open_basedir = /var/www/sites/grey-sampler/
issue occurs also on your sandobx.
It seems that the issue might be related to the 'open_basedir' restriction on the server, which limits the paths PHP can access, potentially affecting file operations. We recommend contacting your hosting provider to discuss modifying the 'open_basedir' settings or other server configurations that might be causing these errors, and make sure the specific paths in the errors are all allowed.
