requires exec()

  • Resolved Ticki

    (@ticki)


    10 years ago

    Hey,
    I looked through the FAQ of my webhost and it said that I need to manually switch to the CGI variant of PHP to use exec() because it’s blocked in the normal PHP due to security concerns. In order to do that I would need to

    A) Give the relevant files the .phpx ending

    B) Create a .htaccess file in the relevant directory with “AddHandler php53-cgi .php”

    I have absolutely no idea which file endings I should edit or where to put the .htaccess file to actually enable exec(). I can’t put in website/wp_content/ewww because that’s not allowed.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/

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  • Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    I’m pretty sure that won’t work for WordPress, I would check with your webhost to see if anyone has ever successfully done that.

    Thread Starter Ticki

    (@ticki)

    They just said that I should rewrite the permissions and go with the .htaccess method. =/

    Thread Starter Ticki

    (@ticki)

    So I just tried adding a .htaccess file to /website/wp-content/ewww or to website/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer and it seems like it did absolutely nothing.

    I still get the message that exec() is required.

    Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    You would need to apply the changes to the root of your wordpress install (if it will work at all).

    Thread Starter Ticki

    (@ticki)

    The FAQ warns me about running the whole website on PHP-CGI “because for more complex operations the processes could be terminated.” Whatever that means.

    I tried it anyway and it seemed to work. Do you have any idea what they’re talking about with that warning?

    Plugin Author nosilver4u

    (@nosilver4u)

    not really, unless they mean that if you use up too much cpu/ram they’ll terminate the process, but that shouldn’t be a big deal so long as you behave yourself and make use of the throttling options if you do a Bulk Optimize.

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