Run perl when system() is disabled

Question

I'm trying to run a Perl script using:

$var = null;
system(PATH_PERL . 'script.pl', $var);
var_dump($var);

However, I'm getting this error:

Warning: system() has been disabled for security reasons [...]

The complete list of disabled functions (with ini_get('disable_functions')):

system, system_exec, shell, shell_exec, exec, passthru, escapeshellarg, escapeshellcmd, proc_close, proc_open, ini_alter, popen, show_source, enable _dl, dl

Is there any way to execute a Perl script when these functions are disabled?

what returns `print ini_get("disable_functions");`? – bwoebi Apr 12 '13 at 10:25 — bwoebi, Apr 12 '13 at 10:25
@bwoebi I added the list to the question – Apr 12 '13 at 10:30 — , Apr 12 '13 at 10:30
Write Perl interpreter and VM implementation in PHP. – Oleg V. Volkov Apr 12 '13 at 10:31 — Oleg V. Volkov, Apr 12 '13 at 10:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '13 at 10:32

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There is no way to execute them by shell; all ways to execute shell commands in PHP are disabled. (execpt interpreting perl in PHP (what makes no sense I think...; then you also can directly translate perl to php))

answered Apr 12 '13 at 10:32

bwoebi

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@CamilStaps Which host do you use? – bwoebi Apr 12 '13 at 10:33
[Neostrada](http://neostrada.nl), but it's Dutch. They're pretty soon with support questions and don't care about installing pecl and such if you ask for it, so perhaps... – Apr 12 '13 at 10:35
@CamilStaps I don't think they'll allow it, as it is the only way (without chrooting and having different apaches etc) to prevent users to see other users data on the same server ;) – bwoebi Apr 12 '13 at 10:38
Okay, well we'll see :) worth a try – Apr 12 '13 at 10:40
For reference: fortunately, there was a PHP version of the script already. That's an option for one too thus (it's basically the same as translating of course, but without the work). – Apr 12 '13 at 11:12

Run perl when system() is disabled

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