problems with system()

[roelmb]

I'm getting this error


Warning: system() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/roelmb/public_html/ps-troepentool2/updater.php on line 20
Failed downloading http://s6.travian.nl/map.sql or the file could not be saved due to file system permission restrictions!

 // load the map.sql via system command using "wget" into the folder data/
 // IMPORTANT: PHP has to be allowed to write into that folder, if necessary set the needed rights! 
 system('wget '.$travian_db_dump.' -O data/tmp.sql');

Is their a solution for this problem. I already put the permission on the folder too writing is their something else I need to do


Is it possible to download the file with cron

 

[descalzo]

PHP's cURL library....

$ch = curl_init("http://s6.travian.nl/map.sql");

// assuming data is a subdirectory of the directory where script is located...

$fp = fopen("data/tmp.sql", "w");  

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

fclose($fp);

PHP Manual section on cURL

 

[Twinkie]

The answer is in the warning. In a shared hosting, the system function poses a security risk to the servers, therefore it is disabled. There is no solution except to use another method, such as the cURL library as descalzo suggested (if that works I have not tested myself).

 

[xav0989]

Dokuwiki uses sockets (if I remember well) and works on x10.