[NiteWave]

Thanks for the advice.

not sure where following section in httpd.conf

<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_admin_value open_basedir "/home/philipss:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp"
</IfModule>

came from, should it be defined in which part of cPanel?

this value is picked by lsws and results in the final phpinfo() page.