Yes, but no further need. Problem solved. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:06 PM, El Ale... <alexissaucedo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >