How to create phpinfo pages
Do you want to know PHP/Apache information? The easiest way is to use the phpinfo() function. 1. Log in to your control panel (cPanel, DirectAdmin, CWP etc) 2. Go to the File Manager and create a new file - phpinfo.php…
How to get PHP information when phpinfo() function is disabled
Many web hosting companies choose to block the phpinfo function. When you try to run the function, you will get a PHP warning in the error_log file: [04-Apr-2018 17:23:48 UTC] PHP Warning: phpinfo() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/test/public_html/test2.php on…
Disable dangerous PHP functions on your web hosting server
Not dangerous by design, some PHP functions can be used for malicious purposes. Many web hosting providers choose to disable such functions. Some of the functions are: apache_child_terminateapache_get_modulesapache_noteapache_setenvdefine_syslog_variablesdisk_free_spacedisk_total_spacediskfreespacedlescapeshellargescapeshellcmdexecextractget_cfg_varget_current_usergetcwdgetenvgetlastmodgetmygidgetmyinodegetmypidgetmyuidini_restoreini_setpassthrupcntl_alarmpcntl_execpcntl_forkpcntl_get_last_errorpcntl_getprioritypcntl_setprioritypcntl_signalpcntl_signal_dispatchpcntl_sigprocmaskpcntl_sigtimedwaitpcntl_sigwaitinfopcntl_strerrorppcntl_waitpcntl_waitpidpcntl_wexitstatuspcntl_wifexitedpcntl_wifsignaledpcntl_wifstoppedpcntl_wstopsigpcntl_wtermsigphp_unamephpinfopopenposix_getloginposix_getpwuidposix_killposix_mkfifoposix_setpgidposix_setsidposix_setuidposix_ttynameposix_unameposixcproc_closeproc_get_statusproc_niceproc_openproc_terminateps_auxputenvreadlinkrunkit_function_renameshell_execshow_sourcesymlinksyslogsystem For more details on these functions please search the PHP site at…
Set up an Apache+PHP+MySQL local environment
Do you want to have a local Apache web server to test your new site? We'll show you how to set up a web server and a MySQL server using XAMPP. XAMPP is a software that will install Apache+PHP+MySQL on…
How to change the PHP version of your domain in cPanel
It's always a good idea to use the latest version of PHP. For some time 2-3 PHP versions will be supported, but in the end, the old ones will be discontinued. So, whenever possible, use the latest version.We will show…
How to list compiled PHP Modules
Sometimes is useful to see what modules are compiled in your PHP installation.Let's see how we can check this both on the server/root level and on the user level. 1. On the server/root levelOn the server level, you can use…