diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_selects.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_selects.php
index f669b27499..3335795213 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_selects.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_selects.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function language_select($default, $select_name = "language", $dirname="language
 	$lang = array();
 	while ( $file = readdir($dir) )
 	{
-		if ( ereg("^lang_", $file) && !is_file($dirname . "/" . $file) && !is_link($dirname . "/" . $file) )
+		if (preg_match('#^lang_#i', $file) && !is_file(@phpbb_realpath($phpbb_root_path . $dirname . '/' . $file)) && !is_link(@phpbb_realpath($phpbb_root_path . $dirname . '/' . $file)))
 		{
 			$filename = trim(str_replace("lang_", "", $file));
 			$displayname = preg_replace("/^(.*?)_(.*)$/", "\\1 [ \\2 ]", $filename);