Posted by comp.lang.php on 12/04/06 19:37

NC wrote:
> comp.lang.php wrote:
> >
> > I am not able to find where the PHP executable is located on a shared
> > hosting platform used for one of the sites here at work, and Tech
> > Support appears to either not know or not want us to know where it's
> > found. This is for a required CLI PHP script that has been running on a
> > dedicated host for some time that they decided to move to a shared
> > hosting service.
>
> Er, shared hosting services usually do not provide command-line
> PHP scripting at all. Enabling command-line scripting on a shared
> host could lead to security issues and resource management
> problems. This is why you need a dedicated server or at least a
> virtual dedicated server to run command-line PHP...
>

That is what I told people here as a matter of fact, but I at least
wanted to investigate any "loopholes", to which there are, of course,
none.

Thanx

> Cheers,
> NC

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