On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Ken Kixmoeller <phphelp@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi -- - > > Strange problem. One of my applications was just moved to a new server. The > new server has php configured to blacklist some functions (using > "disable_functions="). One of the "banned" functions is exec(). > > The error log is reporting "shell_exec() has been disabled for security > reasons" --- but exec() or shell_exec() are not in my code *anywhere*. The > program and line number being reported makes absolutely no sense. > > Are there other php commands that really call exec() or shell_exec() ??? > Any clues how this could happen? Fixes (other than un-blacklisting the > command, of course)? > > Many thanks, > > Ken > The back tick(`) operator is also used for that same purpose. Maybe that's in your code? - Matijn
