Operator of backticks is disable if the mode of safe mode is enable or the shell_exec () is disable. This execution operator is just for a while and only applied in the operation system of * nix (Unix and Linux) with Web Server Apache.
Pay attention to the example of using execute operator at script as following:
File name: backticks.php
<html> <head> <title>Using Execution Operator</title> </head> <body> <h1>The example for using Execution Operator</h1> <? $q = `ls - al`; echo "<pre>$q</pre>"; ?> </body> </html>