Index: branches/dev/data/module/MDB2.php
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--- branches/dev/data/module/MDB2.php	(revision 15956)
+++ branches/dev/data/module/MDB2.php	(revision 15958)
@@ -927,6 +927,5 @@
     {
         // safe_mode does notwork with is_readable()
-        
-        sfprintr($file . ini_get('safe_mode'));
+/*        
         if (!@ini_get('safe_mode')) {
              $dirs = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR, ini_get('include_path'));
@@ -943,4 +942,11 @@
                 return true;
             }
+        }
+        return false;
+        */
+        $fp = @fopen($file, 'r', true);
+        if (is_resource($fp)) {
+            @fclose($fp);
+            return true;
         }
         return false;