how can i disable safe mode for php on web server?

linux apache-2.2 web-server php5 php.ini

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Edit your php.ini and set the variable safe_mode to off.

safe_mode = Off

To find php.ini in linux run

find / -name php.ini -print

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Bushra Shahid over 1 year
I am using wkhtmltopdf for making a pdf of a page. My code executes the shell to run a command using this wkhtmltopdf library. Everything works fine in my wamp server but when the code runs on my web-server it does not work and gives the following error:
```
Warning: shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/pssptech/public_html/.../cert.php on line 272
```
I think that the php is running on safe mode on the server that's why the shell execution is disabled. But the main problem is I am unable to find the php.ini file on my remote web-server.
Can you tell me where can I find the config file so that I can disable the safe mode?
Thanks in advance.
- Tom O'Connor over 11 years
  
  Danger Will Robinson.
Bushra Shahid over 11 years

Can you please tell me from where can I run this command on my remote web-server?
Hex over 11 years

You should run this command in terminal. What kind of access do you have in your server?
Bushra Shahid over 11 years

The server is a shared one so I only have ftp access.
Hex over 11 years

Can you try to add "php_value safe_mode off" in your .htaccess and check if it helps?
DerfK over 11 years

@user1767434 then you'll need to ask your host to change it for you, and if they won't, then you'll need to change to a different host.
71GA almost 7 years

In current version of PHP (7.1.8), there is no more safe_mode option. There is only sql.safe_mode. Is this the same?