Title: What PHP functions Does WP-DBManager Use?
Last modified: March 30, 2023

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# What PHP functions Does WP-DBManager Use?

 *  Resolved [James Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putarguygmailcom/)
 * (@putarguygmailcom)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-functions-does-wp-dbmanager-use/)
 * Under the PHP security tab for my WordPress app on RunCloud the below functions
   are disabled by default and **WP-DBManager** gives the error “Invalid Backup 
   File Path”. If I just remove them all, WP-DBManager works fine. Can you identify
   which php function below might be causing the mysql path and dump not to be found?
 *     ```wp-block-code
       getmyuid,leak,listen,diskfreespace,tmpfile,link,shell_exec,dl,highlight_file,source,show_source,fpassthru,virtual,
       posix_ctermid,posix_getcwd,posix_getegid,posix_geteuid,posix_getgid,posix_getgrgid,posix_getgrnam,posix_getgroups,
       posix_getlogin,posix_getpgid,posix_getpgrp,posix_getpid,posix,_getppid,posix_getpwuid,posix_getrlimit,posix_getsid,
       posix_getuid,posix_isatty,posix_kill,posix_mkfifo,posix_setegid,posix_seteuid,posix_setgid,posix_setpgid,posix_setsid,
       posix_setuid,posix_times,posix_ttyname,posix_uname,proc_open,proc_close,proc_nice,proc_terminate,escapeshellcmd,
       ini_alter,popen,pcntl_exec,socket_accept,socket_bind,socket_clear_error,socket_close,socket_connect,symlink,posix_geteuid,
       ini_alter,socket_listen,socket_create_listen,socket_read,socket_create_pair,stream_socket_server
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Author [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-functions-does-wp-dbmanager-use/#post-16612586)
 * escapeshellcmd
 *  Thread Starter [James Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putarguygmailcom/)
 * (@putarguygmailcom)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-functions-does-wp-dbmanager-use/#post-16615911)
 * Thanks Lester, but that function wasn’t in the list.
 * I’ll mark this resolved. If you don’t know the answer, nobody else will –
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [James Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putarguygmailcom/).
 *  Plugin Author [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * (@gamerz)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-functions-does-wp-dbmanager-use/#post-16616687)
 * Err, it is in the list. Do a Ctrl-F and find `escapeshellcmd`
 * Quoting parts of your list `proc_nice,proc_terminate,escapeshellcmd,`

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 * Last reply from: [Lester Chan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gamerz/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-php-functions-does-wp-dbmanager-use/#post-16616687)
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