title: PHP stuck in safe_mode
body: <p>Even though I've set </p>
  
  <p>safe_mode = Off</p>
  
  <p>in php.ini, restarted apache, and even rebooted the system...</p>
  
  <p>when I try to execute set_time_limit(0) in my application, it throws the warning that set_time_limit cannot be st in safe mode.  </p>
  
  <p>This has been erratic behavior;  earlier when I set safe_mode to Off, the system worked fine.  But later on, seemingly autonomously, safe_mode has returned, and my application breaks due to the time_limit.</p>
  
  <p>Is there anything I can check?  I fear that my system has been compromised.</p>