The System requirements page states that safe_mode: off. Safe mode may interfere with file and image uploads. Anyway, we do have a patch which works around this issue (at least), and it looks like I'm not the only one who runs Drupal 7 with safe_mode with the patch -- in other words: looks like there are quite a bunch of folks out there with some cheap safe_mode hosting and want to use/update to Drupal 7.

May I request removing the safe_mode: off requirement, based on the aforementioned patch?

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chx commented
Title: Does safe_mode really need to be off? » Drupal requires safe mode off
Category: feature » bug

If we want a wide array of hosts to run Drupal then this is a bug report.

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chx commented
Component: documentation » file system
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bfroehle commented

This isn't just a file system issue.

Safe mode will also wreak havoc with other PHP functionality, like the mail subsystem (#131737: Ensure that the Return-Path is set when sending mail on both Windows and non-Windows systems.). Searching for safe mode in the Drupal 7 issue queue shows several "closed (won't fix)" safe mode issues before.

It's questionable how much effort should be put into safe mode given that it's already depreciated in PHP 5.3.

Version: 7.0 » 7.x-dev

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Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

Automatically closed because Drupal 7 security and bugfix support has ended as of 5 January 2025. If the issue verifiably applies to later versions, please reopen with details and update the version.