Are you *running* a shared hosting environment? If so, what is to stop you from adding the exec() function to the list in php.ini? - Craige > > Don't think so. The code just needs to handle it better. I do it like > > this: > > > > $disabled_functions = explode(',', str_replace(' ', '', > > ini_get('disable_functions'))); > > > > if (!in_array('set_time_limit', $disabled_functions)) { > > set_time_limit(0); > > } > > > > Works every time :) > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php