Yes
Main Topics
Browse All TopicsI can't seem to get PHP Safe Mode off on my server. PHPinfo.php shows that Locally it's turned off, but the Master still shows it as being ON. I made the change to php.ini and I've been told to look for httpd.conf to turn it off there, but there is no option to turn it off there either...any other suggestions?
This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.
Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.
If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.
Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.
Access the answers to your technology questions today.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.

Try it out and discover for yourself.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.
I had a similar problem. I turned off PHP Safe mode here: /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini but still my php scripts wouldn't work when trying to run a shell_exec command. It kept telling me shell_exec wouldn't run when safe mode was on. But then I turned off safe mode here: /etc/php5/cli/php.ini . Which "CLI" I believe stands for Command Line Interface. It's the command line version of php.ini. Once I turned Safe Mode here then shell_exec worked in my PHP script. I actually turned safe mode back to "On" in changed /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and my PHP script using shell_exec still worked both on the command line and in the browser. So make sure you turn off safe mode there too.
Business Accounts
Answer for Membership
by: i_m_aamirPosted on 2007-03-02 at 13:23:31ID: 18644474
did you restart apache after turning it off?