PHP as CGI Scripts

[rockable]

Hi,

I am trying to run a PHP script on my site which uses the exec() function. This function didn't work so I contacted my host who said that this function and all similar (passthru(), etc) had been disabled for security reasons.

I have read alot about running PHP as CGI as this will by pass it....but have no idea where to start writing CGI scripts....

...does anyone who a good work-around..or any good resources on how to write CGI scripts...

Thanks in advance

Dave

[mjax]

To run PHP scripts as CGI you will also need your host to support this. Are you sure that this is the case? Also, PHP running in CGI can have the same limitations are running it as an Apache module. It all depends on the server configuration of your host.