Title: open_basedir restriction error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# open_basedir restriction error

 *  Resolved [imagineUtopia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imagineutopia/)
 * (@imagineutopia)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-restriction-error/)
 * hi. I have taken a site live that uses option tree.
 * I’ve updated to the latest version but I am getting the following error at the
   top of my site no matter what I try.
 * Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
   File(/home/windmilldevtilpr/public_html/wp-content/themes/addis/dynamic.css) 
   is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/windmill:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/
   php:/tmp) in /home/windmill/public_html/wp-content/plugins/option-tree/includes/
   ot-functions.php on line 235
 * [http://windmillsewingcenter.com/](http://windmillsewingcenter.com/)
 * what can I do to fix this?
 * thanks,
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/option-tree/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/option-tree/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Derek Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valendesigns/)
 * (@valendesigns)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-restriction-error/#post-5543172)
 * Can you create the file manually?
 *  [mrbino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrbino/)
 * (@mrbino)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-restriction-error/#post-5543237)
 * Hi, I have the same problem, how did you fix it ?
 *  Plugin Author [Derek Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valendesigns/)
 * (@valendesigns)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-restriction-error/#post-5543266)
 * This is a conflict with your server and I don’t know exactly how to fix it. Try
   creating the file and setting its permissions so the server can edit it. Sorry,
   there isn’t much I can do on my end.

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 * Last reply from: [Derek Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valendesigns/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-restriction-error/#post-5543266)
 * Status: resolved