XF 2.3 Installation reports PHP problems

[Abraham54]

I am admin on the Starriders fforum (www.star-riders.be).

When opened the installation of XF 2.3.7 I encountered a warning:

The following warnings were detected when verifying that your server can run XenForo:

• Your server has disabled a core PHP function <strong>exec</strong> via the disable_functions directive in php.ini. This may cause unexpected problems in XenForo.
• Your server has disabled a core PHP function <strong>popen</strong> via the disable_functions directive in php.ini. This may cause unexpected problems in XenForo.
• Your server has disabled a core PHP function <strong>proc_open</strong> via the disable_functions directive in php.ini. This may cause unexpected problems in XenForo.

These will not prevent you from using XenForo, but they should be resolved if possible to ensure optimal functioning. However, you may still continue with the installation.

If I continue the installation, what future problems can arise?

Starriders is hosted at One.com (Shared hosting) and One.com reported that in shared hosting php.ini can not be altered.

 

[briansol]

some enhanced functionality won't work if you don't have this enabled.
exec lets you run shell-like bash scripts from php (CLI)
popen is for working with files
proc_open is similar to open but is parallel, not serial like popen is.


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[Abraham54]

A VPS is no option I Think, they already use so much on the shared server and a forum and a website.