avater directory not reachable for upload

[5050]

Hi,
Our forum generated many notifications for issues with this message :

Your copy of MyBB running on XXX Forums (http://XXX) has experienced an error. Details of the error include:
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Type: 2
File: inc/functions_upload.php (Line no. 160)
Message
opendir(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(./uploads/avatars) is not within the allowed path(s): ([i]/var/XXX/[/i])

I solved them by changing line 160 in inc/functions_upload.php from
$dir = opendir($avatarpath);
by
$dir = opendir(realpath($avatarpath));

I'll not open a pull request because I have no certitude at all this is the best solution, or even the correct one.

Best regards, thanks for myBB project

[AndreRl]

By the looks of it this is more to do with your PHP settings then MyBB.

[5050]

Can you tell more ?

[Ben-MyBB]

Yes, open_basedir restriction is the issue.

[5050]

• If it is a php setting mistake, can you tell more because we do not see which.

• If open_basedir is the problem, can you explain why the relative path fails but the full path works fine ?
  BTW I confirm that ./uploads/avatars is inside the open_basedir tree,, like all other directories used by the forum.

[WildcardSearch]

@5050 if you need support, please post on the community forums.