The "exec" PHP function has been disabled on your server

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Hi @David_Mallea,

Please have a look at some related posts that discuss how to handle this message:

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Exec PHP plugin error message

Hi @AlexHall, If you’re still getting the message The "exec" PHP function has been disabled on your server, then I don’t think your sysadmin has correctly enabled it. You can see the line of code that generates this message: if (in_array('exec', explode(',', ini_get('disable_functions')))) throw new Exception('The "exec" PHP function has been disabled on your server. Contact your system adminstrator to enable it.'); You can try this line in your own PHP test script to confirm outside of t…

-Roger

PKP Team