Shared and reseller hosting are shared environments and have certain limits on what you can change, in order to maintain the stability of the server.
PHP has been configured to use the following settings on our shared and reseller servers:
safe mode = Off (cannot adjust)
memory_limit = 256M (MAXIMUM)
max_execution_time = 30 (MAXIMUM in seconds)
max_input_time = 60 (MAXIMUM in seconds)
post_max_size = 64M (MAXIMUM)
upload_max_filesize = 64M (MAXIMUM)
enable_dl = Off (cannot adjust)
The above settings either CANNOT be changed or cannot be exceeded on a shared and reseller account. These limits are set to prevent extremely high resource usage in shared environments. We have found that a majority of the PHP scripts will work within these limits, and the scripts that require more resources are best suited for a VPS or dedicated server.
Settings You Can Change
We also set the following:
register_globals = On
magic_quotes_gpc = Off
These two settings, and any other PHP settings not aforementioned, can be changed using a custom php.ini file located in the same folder as the script that requires the settings.
Note: We cannot know why you want nor need to change these settings. You are changing this at the advice of your web designer or the developer of your script. We can only show you where to make the change.