Any reason why exec() in php is not working ?

[2levelsabove]

even

 

echo(exec("whoami"));

 

does not seem to work.

 

 

How do I turn it on ?

 

PHP.ini shows it as being enabled. Please suggest

[discomatt]

This might be over-ridden elsewhere by the host. First step should be to check with them.

[2levelsabove]

I have access to server as root. and it is a dedicated server.

 

Any place I could possible check ?

 

 

Thanks

 

[discomatt]

Odd, did you check with phpinfo() ? Seems redundant, but I've seen installs that reference to some oddly-located php.ini file.

 

Also try system(); This one actually returns FALSE on failure.

[2levelsabove]

Tried that and get a error 500

 

Also php.ini seems fine via phpinfo()

 

[2levelsabove]

I finally found the answer. I had not specified the path to the command inside the exec statement.

 

Thanks anyways guys