Sorry, last senctence should end with "...solved WITHOUT server configuration."

Putting <code php>set_include_path('.');</code> in config.php like suggested in 14324 breaks the command line interface! So this can not be considered a fix at all, not even a local hotfix.

If the error is about + open_base_dir : it was a server issue :
Your include_path MUST not include something that are not in open_base_dir : YOUR server admin say:

• When you must get a file : get in /usr/share/php
• If you try to read /usr/share/php : break and show an error

It's YOUR issue …

My current fix for such SERVER issue in limesurvey are

if(!defined('YII_PATH')) {
    $tmpdir = ini_get('upload_tmp_dir') ? ini_get('upload_tmp_dir') : sys_get_temp_dir();
    set_include_path('.');
    ini_set('open_basedir',$tmpdir.PATH_SEPARATOR.dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
}

But : if YOUR server admin disable usage of set_include_path … and ini_set : change your server admin : it's a dumb …

[EDIT]

In the other ticket it's also stated that LimeSurvey does not use any "external" (relative to the LimeSurvey directory) packages. then I wonder why the include_path is of any relevance here at all!?

Because it's NOT limesurvey include path : you can choose to use another lib here … the auto loader is done for this .

Hey @foobar1234, any updates? Is this still an issue? :)