Posted by Carl Vondrick on 08/08/06 19:13

> getmyinode, getopt, getrusage, extension_loaded, dl, mysql_pconnect,
> crack_check, crack_closedict, crack_getlastmessage, crack_opendict,
> fsockopen, pfsockopen, mysql_list_dbs, mysql_stat, ini_get, ini_get_all,
> ini_alter, ini_set, get_current_user, get_defined_constants,
> get_include_path, php_ini_scanned_files, php_uname, phpcredits,
> restore_include_path, set_include_path, set_time_limit, version_compare,
> zend_version, getmypid, getmyuid, getmygid, assert_options, assert, fopen,
> fwrite, fread, file, fpassthru, file, mail, opendir, readdir, closedir
I really can't see any reason why these are setup like this. ini_get is
disabled? That pretty much means that any advanced service will fail
when it checks system requirements. phpcredits? Surely that's harmless.
Assert? That's useful for debugging. My gut feeling says that
either: a) the host is trying to be secure, but is just limiting
functionality, or b) the host hasn't setup the server correctly, so they
are trying to avoid these problems. For example, fread could be
disabled to avoid reading files from other accounts. Any properly setup
host would have their permissions configured correctly.

Have you tried contacting them? fwrite and fread are critical for ANY
application and is going to indicate high loads -- caching becomes near
impossible.

Probably not what you want to hear: If they don't want to enable these,
get out. It probably indicates that they don't know what they're doing.

All the best,
Carl

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