Usually ,on Apache servers, php runs as an Apache Module using the user nobody.So , you are probably using safemode on because you php scripts run "nobody" .
If all your scripts run "nobody" safe_mode_gid is not so useful since it does a User identification (UID) check (by default). If all your users are nobody there is no reason to do an UID check.
I cannot see it useful also if you run safe_mode_gid true (checking gid instead of uid) .
You could disable safe mode , and you could use phpsuexec togheter with
openbase dir. PHPsuexec executes PHP scripts under your username.
I don't know if something will change with php5.
If all your scripts run "nobody" safe_mode_gid is not so useful since it does a User identification (UID) check (by default). If all your users are nobody there is no reason to do an UID check.
I cannot see it useful also if you run safe_mode_gid true (checking gid instead of uid) .
You could disable safe mode , and you could use phpsuexec togheter with
openbase dir. PHPsuexec executes PHP scripts under your username.
I don't know if something will change with php5.