Php open_basedir restrictions & PHP output buffering (gzip) off

This is the 3rd time I have tried to install a zencart and keep getting these messages. I deleted the first 2 and downloaded a fresh 1.54 zencart and uploaded it and now I have the same messages.

PHP open_basedir restrictions = /home:/home2:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/bin:/tmp

PHP Output Buffering (gzip) = OFF

I did find
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....rictions/page3 buts it's from 2006 and I found

https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....ing+%28gzip%29 and it's from 2010

I contacted my web host and got this in return

GZIP cannot be disabled in php since it is compiled with php, not a module. Same with openbasedir, it is enabled in server for security. "open_basedir restrictions => /home:/home2:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/bin:/tmp" means you are allowed to work in these paths, your account is actually working in home partition itself, so openbasedir wont be an issue. Both these parameter in php are turned on every since our server has been built. We are quite unsure how this become an issue for you account all of a sudden.

I am assuming that these problems should not exist in 2015 and the responses from 2006 and 2010 are not what I need to do today.

So what do I need to do? Any suggestions?