Many security tools and blogs suggest setting the open_basedir in the php.ini file. The open_basedir directive “Limits the files that can be accessed by PHP to the specified directory-tree, including the file itself. … When the file is outside the specified directory-tree, PHP will refuse to access it.” *
However, it can often trigger the error:
JFolder::create: Path not in open_basedir paths
In order to solve this, you have three options:
1. Disable it:
Open your php.ini file and comment out the line below with a semi-colon ;
;open_basedir = /home/username/public_html
If you do not see it in there, you can check your .htaccess and comment out with a number sign (that’s hashtag for younger folks) #
#php_admin_value open_basedir /home/username/public_html
2. Set to null:
Open your php.ini file and comment out the line below with a semi-colon ;
open_basedir = none
In the htaccess, it is
php_admin_value open_basedir none
2. Fix it:
Since Joomla needs access to your tmp folder, you need to adjust the line to below**:
open_basedir = /home/username/public_html:/tmp/
In the htaccess, it is
php_admin_value open_basedir /home/username/public_html:/tmp/
/home/username/public_html:/tmp/
