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Folks,

I am trying to run a Ruby file through PHP on a shared hosting site. Basically, I created the .rb file, then used PHP chmod to change the permissions to 755; however, I am not getting anything out of it. The reason for wanting to run Ruby code is so I can use the language capabilities, such as: threads, XML and PDF creating/manipulating gems. I am writing a site for a friend's business and I want to create an administrative section that will generate periodic reports of estimates, contacts, etc. Thanks in advance for your help and understanding.

Have you checked that Ruby is installed on the shared host? There's also a good chance that shell_exec is disabled. Shared hosting might not be a great fit here, or you'd need alternatives to what you're currently trying to accomplish with Ruby.

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Well, according to the ISP their shared hosting provides Ruby support. In fact, they advertise it as part of their shared business hosting packages. The problem I am having is that their help options and/or forums do not provide much info other than the basic instructions on how to login and install gems via SSH and even that is a little buggy. I tried installing a gem a few days ago and got a message letting me know that I did not have permissions to write to a certain folder--do not remember which right now, which I am assuming is the folder where the gems are stored at. I even tried creating an .rb and .cgi file in both the root directory and the cgi-bin and tried to run those and nothing. What do you suggest?