system() has been disabled error message

Question

I have copied a wordpress website over to the correct domain but I get the following error message when I go to view it:

Warning: system() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/paddocch/public_html/wildlionmedia.co.uk/wp-includes/cron.php on line 262

http://www.wildlionmedia.co.uk/

Any idea how to resolve it?

Answer 1

The system() function is used to allow PHP to execute commands on the system's command line shell. Your new hosting service has disabled that feature because it can be a vulnerability.

You'll want to check out your php.ini file and search for an entry titled - disable_functions. In there there are a list of functions that have been disabled. You can remove what you want from the list (including the system() function.

If you do not have access to your php.ini file, you'll have to talk to your hosting provider and ask them to enable that feature (or disable to limitation).

For more info - http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.disable-functions