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Hello Everyone I am Trying to install Extension:Scribunto and I got stuck at here

This extension runs on top of an executable. You must have permission to run executables on your host in order for this extension to work.

So I contacted them and they gave me the link to enable it.. But the settings is in the php.ini File which is : To enable exec() function, you need to remove it from the following line in your php.ini file:

disable_functions = "show_source, system, shell_exec, exec"

And I later found out I don't have php.ini file.. They already told me how to create new one.. But the problem is The file is Empty. Where do I get the configurations or where can I download an already made Php.ini....

Secondly ;-I am on shared hosting and my current Php version is 7.4 .. Should i upgrade to version 8.0???????????

I can only answer the last question... don't upgrade to PHP 8 yet - see Compatibility#PHP.

With the other stuff... maybe try out a cheap unmanaged VPS - I'm on Digital Ocean now and things "just work" (like Scribunto) including things that I had difficulty with for years on a shared server.

I should Host on another server? okay will do thanks.

I don't know whether you should or not :-) Can't do any harm. It'll only cost $5 or whatever to find out.

The php.ini file might just be somewhere other than you expect it.

I searched duck duck go for "where is php.ini":

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/introduction-to-the-php-configuration-file-phpini--cms-34452