Video Upload isn't working after update

I get this message when I go to upload a video.

Warning: popen() has been disabled for security reasons in /home/loungelo/public_html/loungelol/flash/modules/video/inc/functions.inc.php on line 201

This is what my file and Line looks like...

199   function convertVideoFile($sFile, $sCommand)
200   {
201        popen($sCommand, "r");
202         return file_exists($sFile) && filesize($sFile) > 0;

Does anyone have any idea what I should do to fix this issue?

Thank in advance

Try this in your .htaccess:

php_flag allow_url_fopen on

I tried that and it didn't work

my .htaccess looks like this

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
    php_flag register_globals Off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
    php_flag allow_url_include Off
    php_flag register_globals Off
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^blogs/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/all/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?page=$2&per_page=$1  [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/top/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=top_blogs [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/top/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=top_blogs&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/top_posts/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=top_posts [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/top_posts/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=top_posts&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/tag/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey= [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=search_by_tag&tagKey=$2&ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&categoryUri=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_post&postUri=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/entry/{0,1}$    modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_post&postUri= [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName= [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&page=$3&per_page=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/posts/([^/.]+)/category/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerName=$1&categoryUri=$2&page=$4&per_page=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/home/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=home [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/all_posts/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=all_posts [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/popular_posts/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=popular_posts [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/featured_posts/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=featured_posts [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/tags/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=tags [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/show_calendar/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_calendar [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/my_page/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=my_page&mode=main [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/my_page/add/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=my_page&mode=add [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/my_page/manage/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=my_page&mode=manage [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/my_page/pending/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=my_page&mode=pending [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/my_page/edit/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=edit_post&EditPostID=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/member_posts/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=show_member_blog&ownerID=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^blogs/category/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$   modules/boonex/blogs/blogs.php?action=category&uri=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^ads/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?Browse=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/add/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page&mode=add [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/edit/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page&mode=add&EditPostID=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/edit/([0-9]+)/dimg/([0-9]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page&mode=add&EditPostID=$1&dimg=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/manage/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page&mode=manage [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/pending/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page&mode=pending [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/my_page/disapproved/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=my_page&mode=disapproved [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/cat/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?catUri=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/all/cat/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?catUri=$3&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/subcat/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?scatUri=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/all/subcat/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?scatUri=$3&page=$2&per_page=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/entry/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?entryUri=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds_tags.php?tag=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/calendar/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=show_calendar [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/categories/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=show_categories [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/tags/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=tags [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/all_ads/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=show_all_ads [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/top_ads/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=show_top_rated [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/popular_ads/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=show_popular [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^ads/featured_ads/{0,1}$  modules/boonex/ads/classifieds.php?action=show_featured [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^search/tag/([^/.]+)/{0,1}$  search.php?Tags=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^browse/([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)$ browse.php?sex=$1&age=$2&country=$3 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^m/(.*)$  modules/index.php?r=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^forum/groups/(.*)$  modules/boonex/forum/$1?orca_integration=groups [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/events/(.*)$  modules/boonex/forum/$1?orca_integration=events [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/store/(.*)$  modules/boonex/forum/$1?orca_integration=store [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$  modules/boonex/forum/$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^page/(.*)$  viewPage.php?ID=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule .+ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1 [QSA,L]

</IfModule>

AddType application/vnd.adobe.air-application-installer-package+zip .air
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
# gzip text content
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

php_value upload_max_filesize 300M
php_value post_max_size 300M
php_value max_input_time 36000
php_value max_execution_time 36000
php_value memory_limit -1M

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/9520/

Another reason why I hang around the Magento forums. People should seriously consider using Lycos to find solutions outside of this forum.

It means that popen is disabled in PHP.

To enable it ...

In your php.ini file look for: "disable_functions"

From that line remove popen and save the file.

You now need to restart PHP

theres a neat phpinfo section in the admin panel that you can use. admin/tools/host tools/phpinfo tab there are 2 different settings local "yours" and "master"

these settings can usually be changed very easily by you.. first you need to know what you can use

try adding this to your .htaccess file

after:

Options -MultiViews

add:

php_value upload_max_filesize 100M

then refresh a page that looks at your site. If it says error 500 white page then you need to use a php.ini file

upload_max_filesize = 100M

notice how the lines are different for php.ini vs .htacess?

Back to your admin panel popen() is a function so we can search for simply "popen" in a recent search I found "suhosin.executor.func.blacklist" with master values "system, exec, shell_exec, passthru, popen, proc_open, pcntl_exec"

With this information you can either replace values yourself in htaccess:

php_flag suhosin.executor.func.blacklist 0

php.ini

suhosin.executor.func.blacklist 0

or at least know what you are talking about when you call your host or open a ticket with your host. The more information you can give them the easier it is for everyone.

Final note*** the above is not recommended for production servers.***

Hello everybody,

I have the same problem in my website too and tried all your suggestions but non works with me :(

anybody solved this problem can help us here ?