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# prcd

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[BackUpWordPress] php: escapeshellcmd() has been disabled for security reasons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/)
 *  Thread Starter [prcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prcd/)
 * (@prcd)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/#post-9670844)
 * Hi Kat
 * `proc_open` is enabled.
 * Thanks
 * Steve
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[BackUpWordPress] php: escapeshellcmd() has been disabled for security reasons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/)
 *  Thread Starter [prcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prcd/)
 * (@prcd)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/#post-9637225)
 * Using version 3.6.4, installed a couple of weeks ago in WordPress admin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[BackUpWordPress] php: escapeshellcmd() has been disabled for security reasons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/)
 *  Thread Starter [prcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prcd/)
 * (@prcd)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/#post-9636624)
 * Hi Kat
 * I’ve been told by our host that the exec() function is disabled.
 * Not too sure what you mean – which MySQLDump option is available, or the Zip 
   Command – are these PHP functions, shell commands?
 * The ZipArchive class is available.
 * Thanks
 * Steve
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[BackUpWordPress] php: escapeshellcmd() has been disabled for security reasons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/)
 *  Thread Starter [prcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prcd/)
 * (@prcd)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-escapeshellcmd-has-been-disabled-for-security-reasons/#post-9622458)
 * Any help on this would be appreciated – still not getting the database backed
   up.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by [prcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prcd/).

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