// Protect against external scripts execution if safe mode is not enabled
    if ( XOOPS_CHECK_PATH && !@ini_get('safe_mode') ) {
        if ( function_exists('debug_backtrace') ) {
            $xoopsScriptPath = debug_backtrace();
            if ( !count($xoopsScriptPath) ) {
                die("XOOPS path check: this file cannot be requested directly");
            }
            $xoopsScriptPath = $xoopsScriptPath[0]['file'];
        } else {
            $xoopsScriptPath = isset($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED']) ? $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'] :  $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
        }
        if ( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR != '/' ) {
            // IIS6 may double the \ chars
            $xoopsScriptPath = str_replace( strpos( $xoopsScriptPath, '\\\\', 2 ) ? '\\\\' : DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '/', $xoopsScriptPath);
        }
        if ( strcasecmp( substr($xoopsScriptPath, 0, strlen(XOOPS_ROOT_PATH)), str_replace( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '/', XOOPS_ROOT_PATH)) ) {
            exit("XOOPS path check: Script is not inside XOOPS_ROOT_PATH and cannot run.");
        }
    }