A Quick Question

Lethal

New member
Hi guys,
I done a favour for a local running club and made a website using perch cms. Working well except for one error,

Warning: escapeshellcmd() has been disabled for security reasons

Solution for the "escapeshellcmd disabled" issue
In order to eliminate this error message you need to do ONE of the following things:

Remove the escapeshellcmd string from the disable_functions at php.ini* file
Ask your hosting provider to remove the string above if you don't have an access to the php.ini* file
Change hosting provider which allows the running of the escapeshellcmd function.


but the #?*!$ irish hosting I have won't allow this even though perch say its not a security issue.... and want me (well the club) to pay 700 euro for the vps which this site doesn't currently need as its small .
I have the site working fine on the free hosting but I love the community support and staff activeness here and want to go for the paid. Will I have this issue here as perch has functions which need it.

Also can I use another forum account or can I buy it without one


Cheers,
Justin
 

Genesis

Administrator
Staff member
@un4saken
I found this discussion at Perch Forum:
http://forum.grabaperch.com/forum/0...peshellcmd-has-been-disabled-and-other-errors

un4saken is the right person to answer this, but to me it looks like a risk for a shared server. I'd recommend a fourth option, drop Perch and find a script that doesn't make unreasonable demands like this.

Unless I get it wrong, first you had to pay for a license for using Perch to create what you say is a very simple Website. Now Perch wants to force you into paid hosting, probably at a host they recommend. Where is it going to end?

I'd drop Perch as the free hosting you have available here is more than adequate for what you need. Find another script that doesn't make unreasonable demands on you. Keep it simple.

@"Lethal"
If you need more space, you can double your space and bandwidth with Gigarank for free in exchange of 100 points. And if you need more space after that, then you could try a basic account with us. You don't need a new Forum account for a basic account with Gigarank. But you will need to register for the basic account and whilst doing that you will be creating a client account in addition to your forum account.
 

Lethal

New member
Genesis said:
@un4saken
I found this discussion at Perch Forum:
http://forum.grabaperch.com/forum/0...peshellcmd-has-been-disabled-and-other-errors

un4saken is the right person to answer this, but to me it looks like a risk for a shared server. I'd recommend a fourth option, drop Perch and find a script that doesn't make unreasonable demands like this.

Unless I get it wrong, first you had to pay for a license for using Perch to create what you say is a very simple Website. Now Perch wants to force you into paid hosting, probably at a host they recommend. Where is it going to end?

I'd drop Perch as the free hosting you have available here is more than adequate for what you need. Find another script that doesn't make unreasonable demands on you. Keep it simple.

@"Lethal"
If you need more space, you can double your space and bandwidth with Gigarank for free in exchange of 100 points. And if you need more space after that, then you could try a basic account with us. You don't need a new Forum account for a basic account with Gigarank. But you will need to register for the basic account and whilst doing that you will be creating a client account in addition to your forum account.
 

Genesis

Administrator
Staff member
You're right, I thought the hosting that wasn't working was Gigarank. Turns out we're ahead of the game with Perch. I just checked letshost and Gigarank is much cheaper as well - maybe half the price.