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    How to turn PHP safe mode off?

    I am trying to use the backquotes to execute a system command, but it says the following message:
    Warning: Cannot execute using backquotes in safe mode in /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/test.php on line 9
    So.. I guess I need to turn off safe mode. I have no idea how to do this.

    Can anyone walk me through? phpinfo() says that my "safe_mode" directive is off for Master Value, but is on for Local Value.

    I guess there's a switch somewhere I need to set?

    Thanks!

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    http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php

    In php.ini set safe mode to off I believe.
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    My php.ini already is telling me that safe_mode is off.

    This is from my php.ini file:

    ;
    ; Safe Mode
    ;
    safe_mode = Off


    Does anyone know why the Master Value says off, but the Local Value says it is on?

    What does local value mean? How can I set this off?

    Thanks!

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    did you restart?
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    Apache --- Sorry do not restart the server just restart Apache the service.
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    The 'master' value is your php.ini , while the 'local' one refers to the directory you are looking at.

    Basically you can override/change the local value using a .htaccess

    I'd advise you to poke around on the PHP site.
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  7. #7
    Originally posted by blacknight
    The 'master' value is your php.ini , while the 'local' one refers to the directory you are looking at.

    Basically you can override/change the local value using a .htaccess

    I'd advise you to poke around on the PHP site.
    I have confirmed that the php.ini file has safe_mode set to off, and have restarted apache to make sure.

    So now I need to find out why the Local Value is set to on..

    Is there a way to search all files within a group of directories for the words "safe_mode"? I looked at the .htaccess file for the directory, but couldn't find anything to do with php. I figure maybe I can search for this text and then simply look inside each resulting file to see if it is being set there.

    Thanks.

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    Look at the link fuelguru posted above, read the whole page. That's the answer you need.
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  9. #9
    Originally posted by net-trend
    Look at the link fuelguru posted above, read the whole page. That's the answer you need.
    I must be stupid, then.

    After reading that whole page three times I still can't figure out how to set the Local Value of safe_mode to off. I've looked in php.ini, httpd.conf, .htaccess files and a few other places, but can't find anywhere that has safe_mode set to on.

    Can anyone help?

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    Are you using any sort of hosting control panel?

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    just add this to the end of the httpd.conf file and restart apache.

    <Directory /var/www/html>
    php_admin_flag safe_mode off
    </Directory>
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