I had a project working right, but suddenly I’m getting a Database connection error. Looking at the Apache2 logs I can see these lines:

PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(STYLESHEETPATH/index.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (…) in /webDir/project/wp-includes/template.php on line 467

PHP Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(TEMPLATEPATH/index.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (…) in /webDir/project/wp-includes/template.php on line 470

But in php.ini the project IS within the allowed paths:

open_basedir = /webDir/project:/usr/share/phpmyadmin

So what could be happening here?