Title: can't enable firewall
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# can't enable firewall

 *  [farbodkain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farbodkain/)
 * (@farbodkain)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-enable-firewall/)
 * hello
    before anything i have to say i using “IWFHost” for my wordpress website.
   first i try the recommanded configuration by wordfence which is: “Apache+mod_php”
   after download .htaccess backup file and click on continue button im back to 
   the first page for configuration with some error on top of it which is said if
   you using lightspeed you have to wait and … i checked my .htaccess and see below
   code generated: # Wordfence WAF <IfModule mod_php5.c> php_value auto_prepend_file‘/
   home/toranjtr/public_html/wordfence-waf.php’ </IfModule> <Files “.user.ini”> 
   <IfModule mod_authz_core.c> Require all denied </IfModule> <IfModule !mod_authz_core.
   c> Order deny,allow Deny from all </IfModule> </Files>
 * # END Wordfence WAF
 * im checked of public_html and found this file “wordfence-waf.php” but this “configuring
   button” display on top of dashboard.anyway i try to use second method and place
   auto_prepend_file on php.ini because i dont have any php.ini in my public_html
   and other places i contact my host support and they say i can create php.ini 
   and place it in public_html so i create empty php.ini file by notepad and then
   add this code : auto_prepend_file = ‘/home/(myuser)/public_html/wordfence-waf.
   php’
    but nothing happen still so i add one more code to my .htaccess to read
   this php.ini file “SetEnv PHPRC /home/user/public_html/sitename/php.ini” but 
   nothing happen either. so i desperately come here and hoped someone here can 
   help me to fix this problem.
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 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-enable-firewall/#post-7272846)
 * Hi,
 * Sorry for the delay. If you are still having this issue, can you check what version
   of PHP your site is using?
 * You can find this on the Diagnostics page on the Wordfence menu — look for “PHP
   version >= PHP 5.2.4”, and there should be another colored number at the end 
   of that line.
 * You can also try the link “Click to view your system’s configuration in a new
   window” link near the bottom of the Diagnostics page, and check what it says 
   next to “Server API” in the first table. If it is “LiteSpeed”, we have a change
   for that setup coming soon. (If you want to adjust .htaccess manually, look for
   where it says “mod_php5.c” and change that to “lsapi_module”)
 * -Matt R

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