diff --git a/ecrire/inc_version.php3 b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
index 077f44249fde050cc3f2e19ca4c49ad1ca7ea799..87b307767ee8c465273bfafa1d5d89975865f14c 100644
--- a/ecrire/inc_version.php3
+++ b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ $flag_strpos_3 = (@strpos('baba', 'a', 2) == 3);
 $flag_get_cfg_var = (@get_cfg_var('error_reporting') != "");
 
 if ($flag_function_exists) {
+	$flag_ini_get = function_exists("ini_get");
 	$flag_gz = function_exists("gzopen");
-	$flag_ob = (function_exists("ob_start") && function_exists("ob_get_contents"));
+	$flag_ob = ($flag_ini_get
+		&& !ereg("ob_", ini_get('disable_functions'))
+		&& function_exists("ob_start"));
 	$flag_obgz = ($flag_ob && function_exists("ob_gzhandler"));
 	$flag_preg_replace = function_exists("preg_replace");
 	$flag_crypt = function_exists("crypt");
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ if ($flag_function_exists) {
 	$flag_utf8_decode = function_exists("utf8_decode");
 }
 else {
+	$flag_ini_get = false;
 	$flag_gz = false;
 	$flag_obgz = false;
 	$flag_ob = false;