Temporary PHP version upgrade

[callumacrae]

When I try to install a mediawiki it comes up with the following error message:


Checking environment...

Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.

• PHP 5.2.5 installed
• Found database drivers for: MySQL
• PHP server API is cgi; using ugly URLs (index.php?title=Page_Title)
• Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.
• Session save path (/tmp) appears to be valid.
• PHP's memory_limit is 64M.
• Couldn't find Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache; cannot use these for object caching.
  Warning: shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/alexmac/public_html/tutorials/mediawiki-1.12.0/config/index.php on line 1822
  
  

And then stops.

I have the intermediate version of PHP, but it doesn't work. I have been told that I should ask for a temporary upgrade to the advanced PHP version so that it works.

Please can I have a temporary upgrade to the advanced PHP version?

Thanks,
-Alex Mac
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[bugfinder]

We do not permit shell_exec on the servers sorry. You will need to disable that part of your application.

 

[Starshine]

Who told you to ask for the Advanced PHP? ... If it was one of the Admin staff ( Corey, Bryon, etc ) then apply for it. If not, you will have to have their permission before applying.

 

[callumacrae]

I applied a couple weeks ago, but tnl2k7 said I should ask for a temporary upgrade:

Hello Alex Mac,

Post in Free Hosting and ask for a temporary upgrade to advanced PHP, tell them you're trying to install MediaWiki and they'll help you.

That's what the user in this thread did:
MediaWiki
and he's got it installed now.

-Luke.

 

[tnl2k7]

Yes I did, he's right.

Corey told someone to do it a while ago for the same reason, and it was accepted, then removed after a few hours.

-Luke.

 

[callumacrae]

Does that mean I can have the temp. upgrade?

 

[Corey]

You have 24 hrs.

-Corey

 

[callumacrae]

I don't appear to have the upgrade.