Title: PhP confusion
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# PhP confusion

 *  [wordsworm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordsworm/)
 * (@wordsworm)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-confusion/)
 * I haven’t installed the stuff yet. I just installed MySQL on the server, and 
   was going to install PhP, but then got this:
 *  Malicious computer users often exploit insecurely written PHP scripts using 
   the seven features below to gain full access to your account. Disabling these
   features will make it more difficult for attackers to exploit vulnerabilities
   in insecure scripts, but may cause applications that depend on these features
   to stop working.
 * Please check the boxes next to the features you wish have enabled. You may change
   your selection at any time from the edit menu after installation.
    Enable ‘exec’
   function Enable ‘popen’ function Enable ‘passthru’ function Enable ‘proc_open’
   function Enable ‘shell_exec’ function Enable ‘system’ function Enable ‘allow_url_include’
   feature
 * Can someone tell me which ones should be enabled, and which ones shouldn’t?
 * Merry Christmas!

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