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<div style="color: #000080; padding: 2px;">PHP Security & Bugfixes</div><div style="font-size: .9em; margin-bottom: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000080; padding: 2px; border-top: 1px solid #000080;">Saturday, July 26, 2003 by Kevin Stange (kevin [at] simgames [dot] net)</div><div style="font-size: 1em;">I have corrected a few minor PHP problems on the server:<ul> open_basedir restrictions have been enabled to enhance system security. This means that you may no longer access files with PHP open functions that exist above the directory from which the script is running. Unlike with Plesk, you are also granted access to /tmp and /var/tmp. If you need to be able to share includes between domains, you may request a configuration change. There was a bug in PHP 4.3.0 that prevented includes of URLs from working properly. This issue was fixed in the development release, PHP 4.3.2 RC2. Since we are now running a development release of PHP 4.3.2, please contact us if you discover outstanding PHP issues with your sites. Every effort will be made to upgrade to PHP 4.3.2's final stable release as soon as it becomes available.[/list]</div>