shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons

[emynarnen]

I wasn't exactly sure which forum to put this, so hopefully if it's in the wrong place, it can be moved :happysad:

I'm trying to install MediaWiki on my site, but I keep getting an error message:

Warning: shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/morhange/public_html/config/index.php on line 1862

I tried using google for solutions, but many of the forums I saw were from 2006 and pretty inactive. I searched through some of MediaWiki's archives as well, but couldn't find any definitive answer there either. Could someone help me out with this? I'm stumped about what to do. :dunno: Thanks!

Oh, thought I should mentioned, I got upgraded to the intermediate level of PHP, because I had a problem before with eval() I think, but I don't know if that has any impact on the shell_exec.

 

[emynarnen]

I'm dumb, I should have searched the forums first :biggrin: Found my answer!

 

[sunils]

In the intermediate php configuration,

No system/execution-related functions enabled, eg: exec, passthru, system

Since you have got the answer, i am closing this thread. You can open it up if you find any problem.