Title: Dangerous PHP functions
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Dangerous PHP functions

 *  [Kona Macphee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kona/)
 * (@kona)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dangerous-php-functions/)
 * I have the following line in my php.ini:
    disable_functions = system,exec,passthru,
   shell_exec,proc_open
 * phpinfo() for my site tells me that the php.ini file has been loaded, and confirms
   that the following settings are applied in Core:
 * disable_functions system,exec,passthru,shell_exec,proc_open
 * However, I’m still getting the “Dangerous PHP Functions” critical security warning,
   listing all these functions, in the Core Check results for this plugin.
 * I have restarted apache.
 * Any suggestions?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure/)

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 *  [J.D. Grimes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdgrimes/)
 * (@jdgrimes)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dangerous-php-functions/#post-4615918)
 * I’m getting the same thing. I think this part of the plugin may be broken.
 *  Thread Starter [Kona Macphee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kona/)
 * (@kona)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dangerous-php-functions/#post-4615920)
 * Cheers JD, I concluded the same!

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 * Last reply from: [Kona Macphee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kona/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dangerous-php-functions/#post-4615920)
 * Status: not resolved