--- modules/simpletest/simpletest.install.1.30	Mon Jan 04 22:56:49 2010
+++ modules/simpletest/simpletest.install	Mon Jan 04 23:21:44 2010
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function simpletest_requirements($phase)
   $has_curl = function_exists('curl_init');
   $has_hash = function_exists('hash_hmac');
   $has_domdocument = class_exists('DOMDocument');
+  $open_basedir = ini_get('open_basedir');
 
   $requirements['curl'] = array(
     'title' => $t('cURL'),
@@ -63,6 +64,18 @@ function simpletest_requirements($phase)
   if (!$has_domdocument) {
     $requirements['php_domdocument']['severity'] = REQUIREMENT_ERROR;
     $requirements['php_domdocument']['description'] =t('SimpleTest requires the DOMDocument class to be available. Please check the configure command at the <a href="@link-phpinfo">PHP info page</a>.', array('@link-phpinfo' => url('admin/reports/status/php')));
+  }
+
+  // SimpleTest currently needs 2 cURL options which are incompatible with
+  // having PHP's open_basedir restriction set.
+  // @see http://drupal.org/node/674304.
+  $requirements['php_open_basedir'] = array(
+    'title' => $t('PHP open_basedir restriction'),
+    'value' => $open_basedir ? $t('Enabled') : $t('Disabled'),
+  );
+  if ($open_basedir) {
+    $requirements['php_open_basedir']['severity'] = REQUIREMENT_ERROR;
+    $requirements['php_open_basedir']['description'] = t('The testing framework requires the PHP <a href="@open_basedir-url">open_basedir</a> restriction to be disabled. Please check your webserver configuration or contact your web host.', array('@open_basedir-url' => 'http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir'));
   }
 
   return $requirements;