you probe command system()? 2013/4/9 Ken Kixmoeller <phphelp@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Yes --- it worked. Thank you so very much. I had searched the heck out of > this to no avail. > > This is why I think developer communities are so great -- always someone > smarter than me (not that it is a high bar <s>) and willing to help. > > > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Ken Kixmoeller <phphelp@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Yes -- Thanks Matjen and Daniel --- > > > > There *was* a stray backtick in there. Weird that we haven't run into it > > before. > > > > Testing now. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > > >
