diff --git a/ext/db/db.c b/ext/db/db.c
index c1df8348c97..4ea0d09ece5 100644
--- a/ext/db/db.c
+++ b/ext/db/db.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ dbm_info *php_dbm_open(char *filename, char *mode) {
 		}
 #else /* NFS_HACK */
 
-		lockfd = open(lockfn,O_RDWR|O_CREAT,0644);
+		lockfd = V_OPEN((lockfn,O_RDWR|O_CREAT,0644));
 
 		if (lockfd) {
 			flock(lockfd,LOCK_EX);
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int php_dbm_close(dbm_info *info) {
 	unlink(info->lockfn);
 #else
 	if (info->lockfn) {
-		lockfd = open(info->lockfn,O_RDWR,0644);
+		lockfd = V_OPEN((info->lockfn,O_RDWR,0644));
 		flock(lockfd,LOCK_UN);
 		close(lockfd);
 	}
diff --git a/ext/dba/dba_cdb.c b/ext/dba/dba_cdb.c
index fa38de931b0..31483e03be2 100644
--- a/ext/dba/dba_cdb.c
+++ b/ext/dba/dba_cdb.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ DBA_OPEN_FUNC(cdb)
 	cdb = malloc(sizeof *cdb);
 	memset(cdb, 0, sizeof *cdb);
 
-	cdb->fd = open(info->path, gmode);
+	cdb->fd = V_OPEN((info->path, gmode))
 	if(cdb->fd < 0) {
 		free(cdb);
 		return FAILURE;
diff --git a/ext/dba/dba_dbm.c b/ext/dba/dba_dbm.c
index 0fab79f002d..13b7ac7d5d2 100644
--- a/ext/dba/dba_dbm.c
+++ b/ext/dba/dba_dbm.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #define TRUNC_IT(extension, mode) \
 	snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s" extension, info->path); \
 	buf[PATH_MAX] = '\0'; \
-	if((fd = open(buf, O_CREAT | mode | O_WRONLY, filemode)) == -1) \
+	if((fd = V_OPEN((buf, O_CREAT | mode | O_WRONLY, filemode))) == -1) \
 		return FAILURE; \
 	close(fd);
 
diff --git a/ext/dbase/dbase.c b/ext/dbase/dbase.c
index c7222fdc9c7..110f03061a2 100644
--- a/ext/dbase/dbase.c
+++ b/ext/dbase/dbase.c
@@ -586,15 +586,15 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(dbase_create) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if (PG(safe_mode) && (!php_checkuid(filename->value.str.val, 2))) {
+	if (PG(safe_mode) && (!php_checkuid(Z_STRVAL_P(filename), 2))) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 	
-	if (php_check_open_basedir(filename->value.str.val)) {
+	if (php_check_open_basedir(Z_STRVAL_P(filename))) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if ((fd = open(filename->value.str.val, O_BINARY|O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0644)) < 0) {
+	if ((fd = V_OPEN((Z_STRVAL_P(filename), O_BINARY|O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0644))) < 0) {
 		php_error(E_WARNING, "Unable to create database (%d): %s", errno, strerror(errno));
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
diff --git a/ext/dbase/dbf_head.c b/ext/dbase/dbf_head.c
index 1f104e3d81a..cc97330347d 100644
--- a/ext/dbase/dbf_head.c
+++ b/ext/dbase/dbf_head.c
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ dbhead_t *dbf_open(char *dp, int o_flags)
 	dbhead_t *dbh;
 
 	cp = dp;
-	if ((fd = open(cp, o_flags|O_BINARY)) < 0) {
+	if ((fd = V_OPEN((cp, o_flags|O_BINARY))) < 0) {
 		cp = (char *)malloc(256);
 		strcpy(cp, dp); strcat(cp, ".dbf");
-		if ((fd = open(cp, o_flags)) < 0) {
+		if ((fd = V_OPEN((cp, o_flags))) < 0) {
 			perror("open");
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/ext/oci8/oci8.c b/ext/oci8/oci8.c
index 5e6241cca80..8090f5f5782 100644
--- a/ext/oci8/oci8.c
+++ b/ext/oci8/oci8.c
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(ocisavelobfile)
 
 		filename = (*arg)->value.str.val;
 
-		if ((fp = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
+		if ((fp = V_OPEN((filename, O_RDONLY))) == -1) {
 			php_error(E_WARNING, "Can't open file %s", filename);
 			RETURN_FALSE;
         } 
@@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(ociwritelobtofile)
 				goto bail;
 			}
 
-			if ((fp = open(filename,O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
+			if ((fp = V_OPEN((filename,O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY))) == -1) {
 				php_error(E_WARNING, "Can't create file %s", filename);
 				goto bail;
 			} 
diff --git a/ext/session/mod_files.c b/ext/session/mod_files.c
index e9ff89212fd..5b363a405b8 100644
--- a/ext/session/mod_files.c
+++ b/ext/session/mod_files.c
@@ -132,16 +132,16 @@ static void _ps_files_open(ps_files *data, const char *key)
 		data->lastkey = estrdup(key);
 		
 #ifdef O_EXCL
-		data->fd = open(buf, O_RDWR);
+		data->fd = V_OPEN((buf, O_RDWR));
 		if (data->fd == -1) {
 			if (errno == ENOENT) {
-				data->fd = open(buf, O_EXCL | O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+				data->fd = V_OPEN((buf, O_EXCL | O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600));
 			}
 		} else {
 			flock(data->fd, LOCK_EX);
 		}
 #else
-		data->fd = open(buf, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0600);
+		data->fd = V_OPEN((buf, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0600));
 		if (data->fd != -1)
 			flock(data->fd, LOCK_EX);
 #endif
diff --git a/ext/session/session.c b/ext/session/session.c
index 2b53ba712f4..726310e69cc 100644
--- a/ext/session/session.c
+++ b/ext/session/session.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static char *_php_create_id(int *newlen PSLS_DC)
 	if (PS(entropy_length) > 0) {
 		int fd;
 
-		fd = open(PS(entropy_file), O_RDONLY);
+		fd = V_OPEN((PS(entropy_file), O_RDONLY));
 		if (fd >= 0) {
 			char *p;
 			int n;